The adsorbing surface.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : Charcoal will adsorb gases.    From Dictionary.com. 

To remove surface dirt, you first try 'adsorbing', this method will not interfere with the inks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Bibliobull - Dirty cards] Reference

To remove dirt from a matte finish surface try 'adsorbing', getting the surface dirt to adhere to something besides the paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear Bibliobull - unglossy surface] Reference

February 15, 2008 at 5:52 am yis bai adsorbing elements thru skin!.    From Wordnik.com.  [i nap - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Thus, a pretty confirmation of the conception of the adsorbing surface as.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 - Presentation Speech] Reference

One can visualize it most easily if one thinks of the adsorbing solid surface as a chess-board, where each square can only be occupied by a single gas particle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 - Presentation Speech] Reference

In the only scientific study I am aware of, Dr. John Shivik at the National Wildlife Research Center in Colorado investigated the ability of search dogs to find a person wearing scent-adsorbing clothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader Questions: Guessing Buck Age, Blocking Scent and More...] Reference

The Phoenix Mars Lander witnessed water vapor adsorbing into the martian soil each night.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA Astrobiology Magazine] Reference

Additionally, the polar surface of the NiO nanosheets may provide some advantages in adsorbing certain substrates.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

All in all it was an adsorbing days play that could well have seen the West Indies end the day in a far better position than they eventually did.    From Wordnik.com.  [CaribbeanCricket.com] Reference

Although Lewatit FO36 was designed by the Ion Exchange Resins business unit primarily for adsorbing arsenic, it can also be used for adsorbing other trace impurities.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It would be nice to see this type of shock-adsorbing design on higher specification devices - anyone who has tried to bounce a Nokia N95 off a concrete floor will probably understand why.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mobile Gazette] Reference

MOFs are metal clusters interconnected by organic linker groups, a design that endows the materials with large pores, open channels, and huge internal surface areas for adsorbing molecules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News] Reference

It is possible that the water-repelling nature of fullerenes means that they limit bacterial growth by adsorbing vitamins and minerals, which are essential for bacterial growth, from the soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nano Tech Wire] Reference

The arrays feature a wall thickness low enough to facilitate effective carrier transfer to the adsorbing species, and are surface-loaded with nanodimensional islands of co-catalysts platinum (Pt) and / or copper (Cu).    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Car Congress] Reference

Through extensive research based on the natural healing powers of organic substances produced by nature, it was discovered that wood and bamboo vinegar extracts have the unique property of adsorbing harmful bodily toxins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store]

The same thing is happening to the human body, I call this body warming and is caused by the body adsorbing and absorbing metabolic and dietary acids not properly eliminated through urination, perspiration, defecation and respiration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Articles of Health] Reference

"What's left over in the water are a few non adsorbing organics and solvents, like nail polish remover, and they go into a reactor that breaks them all down to carbon dioxide, water and a few ions," said Hand, a professor of civil and environmental engineering.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

A chess-board, where the adsorbing particles are retained in definite positions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 - Presentation Speech] Reference

(ii) Sisal has a low capacity for adsorbing disperse dyes sometimes giving only pastel shades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

A Virginia paper reported that a police spokesperson said, "There is nothing to prevent an official from acquiring the assistance of another law enforcement agency and adsorbing the cost in their budget.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Feds Secretly Control The States' Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)?] Reference

As a rule the conception will probably have been that the gas nearest to the adsorbing solid body, thus in the boundary surface between the solid and the gaseous condition itself, appears in a more or less condensed state, and that the density decreases continuously outwards in proportion as the solid surface is left, in about the same way as the density of the atmosphere of the earth decreases upwards in proportion as we move away from the solid crust of the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932 - Presentation Speech] Reference

Heat adsorbing asphalt, cement, roofs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Gore on C-Span « Climate Audit] Reference