Sentences with phrase «hydrophobic components»

A special feature of the model colloids made these findings possible: their softness can be tuned very finely over a large area by altering the length ratio between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic components of the molecule threads.

The model system developed by researchers from the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science is made up of water and block copolymers — thread - like molecules with both a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic component.

The bigger the hydrophobic component is, the more polymers will clump together and dense, hard spheres are formed.

Not exact matches

Rather than make the casing waterproof, Apple's patent describes a method of waterproofing internal components by integrating a hydrophobic coating with the electromagnetic interference shields used to protect sensitive electronics.