adparticle
adparticle · adparticles
A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a materialA cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
Meaning
1 sensesA cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
Origin
Revised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 papRevised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 paper "Theory of field desorption", coined by chemists Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy, in 1957 as a shortening of adsorption + particle.
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Forms
plural: adparticles| Singular | adparticle |
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