Homoligand

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of identical ligands in a complex

    "Stirling et al. do not provide any justification for the spacing of the features that we find on nanoparticles: ~1 nm for mixed ligand particles and ~ 0.5 nm for homoligand particles."

Example

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"Stirling et al. do not provide any justification for the spacing of the features that we find on nanoparticles: ~1 nm for mixed ligand particles and ~ 0.5 nm for homoligand particles."

Etymology

From homo- + ligand.

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