thin film
Barely-there coating surface
A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers thick—far thinner than coatings applied by ordinary means.
Thin films are deposited on surfaces to alter their properties: anti-reflective coatings on lenses, semiconductors in electronics, mirrors on telescopes.
The physics of materials at this scale differs from bulk properties, making thin-film technology essential in optics, solar cells, and microelectronics.
- monolayerSingle-atom-thick coating
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- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
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- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
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