disulfide

American  

[dahy-suhl-fahyd, -fid] / daɪˈsʌl faɪd, -fɪd /

Or disulphide

noun

Chemistry.

1. (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .

2. (in organic chemistry) a sulfide containing the bivalent group −SS−, as diethyl disulfide, C 4 H 10 S 2 .

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Etymology

Origin of disulfide

First recorded in 1860–65; di- ¹ + sulfide

Example Sentences

The nanoflowers are made from molybdenum disulfide, an inorganic compound that can form many different two-dimensional shapes at very small scales.

From Science Daily

The Gaharwar Lab is among a small number of research groups investigating how molybdenum disulfide might be used for biomedical purposes.

From Science Daily

All of these disulfide bonds connect residues in monomers, as previously reported5, rather than between monomers.

From Nature

The key to the technology is a promising new material called molybdenum disulfide, or MoS2, that can be deposited in a layer just 3 atoms thick.

From Seattle Times

Dong and colleagues report molecular connections called disulfide bridges in each of these four proteins’ CxxC linkages, and also describe the protein architecture that surrounds these key linkages.

From Nature