alkanethiol
noun
al·kane·thi·ol
| \ ¦al-ˌkān-¦thī-ˌȯl
, -ˌōl\
, -ˌōl\
plural alkanethiols
Definition of alkanethiol
: any of various hydrocarbon polymers also containing sulfur that are deposited on a surface (such as gold) in a monolayer typically in order to create an electronic circuit
… described how he and his colleagues have used self-assembling hydrocarbon molecules, called alkanethiols, to form ordered rows on a gold surface.— Gary Stix, Scientific American, April 1996
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