Sentences with phrase «as surfactant»

Prevents chromosomes from collapsing into a single chromatin mass by forming a steric and electrostatic charge barrier: the protein has a high net electrical charge and acts as a surfactant, dispersing chromosomes and enabling independent chromosome motility (PubMed: 27362226).

Thanks to a serendipitous observation, IBS researchers at POSTECH found out that tailed pumpkin - shaped molecules, mono - allyloxylated cucurbit [7] uril (AO1CB [7]-RRB-, act as surfactant in water.

Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and water, Menon notes, with egg white as the surfactant that holds it in suspension.

The customary method is to use a layer of fluid that acts as a surfactant to keep oils and water in suspension.

Type I cells form the gas diffusing barrier and type II produce a mixture of lipids and proteins that work as a surfactant, regulating surface tension in the lungs.

The study also found that babies in the treatment group were significantly less likely to require a long - term stay in the hospital's neonatal intensive or intermediate care unit or need respiratory treatments such as surfactant.

An alkyl ammonium chloride used as a surfactant, disinfectant and deodorant that releases formaldehyde, a potent toxin.

contain Saponin, a natural cleaner that works as a surfactant, breaking the surface tension of the water to penetrate the fibers of your clothing, lifting stains from the fabric and leaving dirt suspended in the water that is rinsed away.

These ingredients are an important part of a formula acting as surfactants, moisturisers or preservatives.

According to study author Kyeng Min Park, the technology was developed unexpectedly when IBS researchers at Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) saw that mono - allyloxylated cucurbit [7] uril (A01CB [7]-RRB- molecules act as surfactants in water.

Not exact matches

As part of this process, we are continuing to work on a new breakthrough cleaning line, including dish care, laundry and household cleaners, utilizing an advanced sugar - based surfactant technology to further improve the efficacy of our products.

Those natural ingredients are an important part of the product formula usually acting as moisturisers, surfactants, preservatives, etc..

Lungs: Your babies» lungs are developing «branches» of the respiratory «tree» as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps air sacs inflate easily.

Today's commercial detergents (such as Tide and Gain) do not contain phosphates, but they do have a high concentration of surfactants (surface active agents) which contribute to their cleaning power and are less sensitive to water hardness.

Detergents can cause contact dermatitis as their purpose is to break down oils and fats through the addition of surfactant chemicals.

However, it cleans stains and odors entirely as it formulated with plant - based surfactants and grapefruit seed.

All - natural products will include ingredients such as Jojoba oils, essential oils, botanical surfactants and even fruits extracts.

Hard water, full of metal ions, can neutralise surfactants, so detergents usually contain water softeners, known as builders and chelating agents, which take metal ions out of circulation.

It's Good to Have Soapy Lungs The tiny air - sacs in your lungs known as alveoli are coated with a surfactant, a soap - like substance.

Besides surfactants there are also additives in each shampoo that optimize its look, feel, scent or performance such as additional foam builders, thickeners, conditioning agents or preservatives.

The trick is to get the iron to chemically bond to the soap — or as chemists like to say, the «surfactant» — and in sufficient quantity to enable the ironic solution to be pulled by a magnet.

The Duke team had previously established that Type 2 cells produce surfactant and function as progenitors in adult mice, demonstrating differentiation into gas - exchanging Type 1 cells.

They found that their conductive paste consisting of micrometer - sized silver (Ag) flakes, fluorine rubber, fluorine surfactant — commonly known as a substance that reduces surface tension in liquid — and organic solvent to dissolve the fluorine rubber markedly outperformed the elastic conductor they had previously developed in 2015.

The three - dimensional structures were created from a powdered nickel catalyst, surfactant - wrapped multiwall nanotubes and sugar as a carbon source.

Spark CEO Jeff Marrazzo says their more potent vector and differences in how the treatment is made, such as the company's use of a surfactant to make sure the vector doesn't stick to the vial when the surgeon injects it, may result in a higher dose of the RPE65 gene getting into retinal cells and long - lasting effects.

Advances such as the use of synthetic surfactant to prevent breathing disorders and the antenatal steroids likely helped reduce the mortality rate, Malloy said.

They examined the vegetation - caribou - wolf food chain in the area, where the presence of other organic contaminants such as legacy pesticides and fluorinated surfactants suggested that CUPs might be found in the vegetation and animals.

The artificial membrane, known as a polymer - surfactant conjugate, provides a reservoir of oxygen that prevents hypoxia.

This is similar to surface - active agents (surfactants), a chemical compound used to maintain dispersions or emulsion, and thus raised the exciting possibility that Ki - 67 acts as a biological surfactant to disperse mitotic chromosomes.

Look for: a simple list of ingredients, including plant surfactants and cleansing agents such as kiwi and coconut sugar extract.

This active ingredient is found in engine coolants and antifreeze, airplane de-icers, tire sealants, rubber cleaners, polyurethane cushions, paints, adhesives, enamels, and varnishes, and in many products as a solvent or surfactant.

I often actually use my homemade conditioner as a conditioning cleanser of sorts, but I occasionally do need to strip with some sort of surfactant.

Also helps to emulsify the mix) Used as a wetting agent and amphoteric (either positively or negatively charged depending on the alkalinity or acidity of the water) surfactant in non-irritating shampoos and cleansers.

These surfactants, detergents and emulsifiers are used in nearly all shampoos, as well as in industrial cleaners, because they create a frothy, foamy lather.

Quats have many uses — as preservatives, surfactants, germicides and conditioning agents.

A salt formed from the fatty acid Lauric Acid, a substance found in coconut oil, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate functions as both an emulsifier and a surfactant.

Pet parents can use it as often as needed, since the weightless natural botanicals like aloe vera, lemongrass, spearmint and neem seed oil — as well as allantoin for soothing and a mild surfactant for cleaning — will not leave a heavy residue on the coat.

Industrial grade PG is used as an active ingredient in engine coolants and antifreeze; airplane de-icers; polyurethane cushions; paints, enamels and varnishes; and in many products as a solvent or surfactant.

Zymox protects the skin without irritating or drying it by using only the mildest plant surfactants as a base, and using enzymes with anti-inflammatory properties to calm the skin and vitamin D3 to help hydrate.

Later, as estrogen mimickers («surfactants gone bad») became the rage, they too were the cause, with various «smoking gun» studies appearing.

Incidentally, I have been unable to find out if the models which are producing the GW scenarios include some allowance for the fact that the ocean / atmosphere interface (the boundary layer, so called, an irritating nomenclature as the words already have a technical meaning) was changed drastically from about 1850 onwards by surfactant and oil spill pollution as the petrochemical industry and petrol engine technologies began to hit their stride.

«We've shown that, even when you add surfactants and dispersants to the mixture, as was done in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we can efficiently separate the oil from the water.

Due to the specific listing of surfactants in the detergent, the potential adverse impact to the environment, and the availability of analytical methods, surfactants were chosen as one of the parameters to monitor during the various studies.

• Ph.D. (Colloid - Surfactant - Polymer Chemistry), MS (Analytical Chemistry) • Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Industrial Projects - Ryerson University, Toronto) • Over 5 years experience as Research & Development Professional with different industrial projects for Specialty Chemicals (Guardian Chemicals Inc.), Consumer Goods (SC Johnson), Pharmaceutical (GlaxoSmithKline Inc.), and Oil & Gas (Chevron Corporation).