An interfacial layer.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

From 1980, he became interested in interfacial problems, in particular the dynamics of wetting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - Biography] Reference

The lower grain size is essentially determined by the interfacial tension of the mercury and that of the water as well as the shape of the grain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 20] Reference

The proline-rich interfacial loop L8-L9 is disordered in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

The interfacial bubble ruptures, uncovering a dimple on the water surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Substrates impart interfacial, structural, and mechanical properties to grown films.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The structural models themselves furnish additional targets for interfacial inhibitor design.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elites TV] Reference

As films get thinner, understanding the interfacial properties of these materials makes a difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

In your example, you have two electrons, so that the "interfacial state" is all you get, not negligible.    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

The results indicated a possible formation of an interfacial complex layer comprising both PG-OS and EPL.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

As I discussed in my notes on temperature, physically it means that all the interfacial states are negligible.    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

His research group is among the few studying the material's interfacial properties and biological applications.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

First, researchers synthesized a polyamide thin-film composite membrane using conventional interfacial polymerization.    From Wordnik.com.  [UCLA Newsroom: UCLA Newsroom] Reference

The threaded metal shell provides a positive lock while compressing an o-ring to provide a waterproof interfacial seal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Ogletree, D. F. and Salmeron, M. 1996, "Measurement of the interfacial shear strength and adhesion of nanometer-sized contact".    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

The areas of interest include fluid dynamics, interfacial physics, wetting, physical chemistry and molecular interaction forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

A good knowledge of theoretical fluid mechanics including interfacial/low-to-moderate-Reynolds numbers flows is highly desirable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

The interfacial forces, Singh and his co-authors determined, can accelerate a nanoscale particle to roughly 160 kilometers per hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

'Explores a new method using spectroscopic ellipsometry to non-invasively identify oxygen vacancy defects in the bottom interfacial SiO.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He's an expert, according to his Harvard bio, on "fluid mechanics, interfacial transport phenomena, drug delivery, and aerosol science.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com] Reference

This change decreases the spin-dependent interfacial scattering of charge carriers resulting in a decrease in the resistance of the GMR material.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Cytec's core competencies of interfacial engineering and coating technology and on IMEC's background in organic solar cell processing and analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Releases] Reference

Here we show that for a large range of fluid parameters, interfacial bubbles can create numerous small bubbles when they rupture, rather than vanishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Chambers is a PNNL laboratory fellow who works in interfacial chemistry and engineering at EMSL, a DOE national scientific user facility located at PNNL.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Alice Gast, the first female president in the history of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, she specializes in surface science and interfacial phenomena.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Free Press] Reference

When a bubble on a liquid-gas or solid-gas interface (referred to herein as an interfacial bubble) ruptures, the general expectation is that the bubble vanishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

A rear fluorosilicone wire seal grommet provides a strong environmental seal, and excellent interface sealing is achieved with a pin fluorosilicone interfacial seal.    From Wordnik.com.  [EE Times-Asia] Reference

The cis double bond inhibits close packing of the acyl chains, whereas the straighter trans chains induce a tighter lipid packing in the interfacial polar-apolar area.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

In the attached figure, you can see the influence on thermal and cure stresses on the apparent interfacial fracture toughness of copper / Epoxy interface for an End-Notched Flexure.    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

New experimental techniques applied to protein interfacial layers are described, such as FRAP or ADSA, or rheological methods to determine the mechanical behaviour of protein-modified interfaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

1990, "Fundamental studies in tribology: The transition from interfacial friction of undamaged molecularly smooth surfaces to normal friction and wear".    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

An intriguing aspect of the mechanical properties of nanobuilding blocks is related to the role of interfacial plasticity (Note: I will have a forthcoming article published in.    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference