adatom
English
Etymology
From ad- + atom, meaning "adsorbed atom".
Noun
adatom (plural adatoms)
- (materials science) An atom that lies on a crystal surface
- We studied silicon adatoms on the Si(100) surface.
- 1999, Thomas F George, Daniel A Jelski, Computational Studies Of New Materials, page 339:
- An approach to help correct this involves an adcluster, consisting of an adatom (molecule) and cluster, which is "dipped" into the electron "background" of the substrate [24,25].
- 1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125:
- Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.
Derived terms
Translations
atom that lies on a crystal surface
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
adat + -om (“my”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒdɒtom]
- Hyphenation: ada‧tom
Noun
adatom
- first-person singular single-possession possessive of adat
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adatom | — |
| accusative | adatomat | — |
| dative | adatomnak | — |
| instrumental | adatommal | — |
| causal-final | adatomért | — |
| translative | adatommá | — |
| terminative | adatomig | — |
| essive-formal | adatomként | — |
| essive-modal | adatomul | — |
| inessive | adatomban | — |
| superessive | adatomon | — |
| adessive | adatomnál | — |
| illative | adatomba | — |
| sublative | adatomra | — |
| allative | adatomhoz | — |
| elative | adatomból | — |
| delative | adatomról | — |
| ablative | adatomtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
adatomé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
adatoméi | — |