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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A structure, such as a film or membrane, consisting of two molecular layers.

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  • noun Any structure consisting of two layers of molecules

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Examples

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • The flexible plastic bilayer pulled away from his skin cleanly.

    365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • When you put two layers of graphene together, we call that a bilayer system, and that, in itself, is completely different again, physical and electrical, from the single layer, and completely different from many stacks of graphene for graphite.

    Graphene: A Sandbox For Physicists, 1 Atom Thick 2010

  • Carol Johnson took the podium of a lecture hall one recent morning to walk 79 students enrolled in an introductory biology course through diffusion, osmosis and the phospholipid bilayer of cell membranes.

    Putting a Price on Professors Stephanie Simon 2010

  • This structure allows astaxanthin to penetrate the bilayer of the cell membrane, protecting both the lipid center layer and the water-loving outer layers.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • The flexible plastic bilayer pulled away from his skin cleanly.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

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