bilayer
noun
bi·lay·er
ˈbī-ˌlā-ər 
-ˌler
: a film or membrane with two molecular layers
a bilayer of phospholipid molecules
bilayer
adjective
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Miniature compartments, such as lipid bilayers configured into capsules like liposomes and micelles, are important for cellular organization and function.
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Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The researchers could control the composition of each lipid bilayer to make the concentrisome user-defined.
—New Atlas, 30 July 2024
In bilayer graphene, two sheets of carbon atoms stack on top of each other, creating a unique platform with tunable band gaps through the application of an electric field perpendicular to the layers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
Many different materials display this strange metallic behavior, such as cuprates, organic molecular crystals, heavy fermion metals, and twisted bilayer graphene, among others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
Twisted bilayer graphene has the former.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
The blockbuster discovery last year of superconductivity in a material called twisted bilayer graphene caught theorists off guard.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 May 2019
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Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The researchers could control the composition of each lipid bilayer to make the concentrisome user-defined.
—New Atlas, 30 July 2024
In bilayer graphene, two sheets of carbon atoms stack on top of each other, creating a unique platform with tunable band gaps through the application of an electric field perpendicular to the layers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2024
Many different materials display this strange metallic behavior, such as cuprates, organic molecular crystals, heavy fermion metals, and twisted bilayer graphene, among others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2024
Twisted bilayer graphene has the former.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
The blockbuster discovery last year of superconductivity in a material called twisted bilayer graphene caught theorists off guard.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 May 2019
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bilayer
noun
bi·lay·er
ˈbī-ˌlā-ər, -ˌle(-ə)r
: a film or membrane with two molecular layers
a bilayer of phospholipid molecules
bilayer
adjective
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