surfactant

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They are encased in water using a surfactant, which is similar to soap, and then spun in a centrifuge.

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  1. noun A surface-active substance.
  2. noun A substance composed of lipoprotein that is secreted by the alveolar cells of the lung and serves to maintain the stability of pulmonary tissue by reducing the surface tension of fluids that coat the lung.

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  • They'd spent long hours of their lives in thunderheads and hurricane eyewalls, dropping surfactant or sealing oils, shutting down the weather's engines of rage. —  AnalogSFF,April2006
  • They are encased in water using a surfactant, which is similar to soap, and then spun in a centrifuge. —  Scientific Blogging
  • Adding a non-ionic surfactant, a soapy product, will make the chemical "wetter" and help it attach to slick nutgrass leaves. —  Bakersfield.com Latest news
  • Torilin functions as a surfactant with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties related to denaturalization of various proteins. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
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