the property of repelling water rather than absorbing it or dissolving in it
Examples of 'hydrophobicity' in a sentence
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In addition, coumarins show a wide range of size, shape, and hydrophobicity.
Brian D. Wagner 2009, 'The Use of Coumarins as Environmentally-Sensitive Fluorescent Probes of HeterogeneousInclusion Systems', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/1/210/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It presented medium surface hydrophobicity, a low basic property and no electron acceptor capability.
Federica Armas, Cristina Camperio, Cinzia Marianelli 2017, 'In Vitro Assessment of the Probiotic Potential of Lactococcus lactis LMG 7930 againstRuminant Mastitis-Causing Pathogens', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0169543. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Antigenicity was predicted by the amino acid hydrophobicity of the region.
Ki Wook Yun, Hyunju Lee, Eun Hwa Choi, Hoan Jong Lee 2015, 'Diversity of Pneumolysin and Pneumococcal Histidine Triad Protein D of Streptococcuspneumoniae Isolated from Invasive Diseases in Korean Children', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0134055. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, the tested agent strongly affected fungal cell wall characteristics by modulating its hydrophobicity.
Mark Feldman, Abed Al-Quntar, Itzhak Polacheck, Michael Friedman, Doron Steinberg 2014, 'Therapeutic Potential of Thiazolidinedione-8 as an Antibiofilm Agent against Candidaalbicans', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0093225. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Higher bead ratio on the surface and rounder bead structure resulted in higher hydrophobicity.
Shuqi Zhu, Hao Yu, Yanmo Chen, Meifang Zhu 2012, 'Study on the Morphologies and Formational Mechanism of Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate)Ultrafine Fibers by Dry-Jet-Wet-Electrospinning', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/525419. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Despite the moderate hydrophobicity of the contact, its removal completely abolished the interaction.
Mélanie J. Domingues, Juan Martinez-Sanz, Laura Papon, Lionel Larue, Liliane Mouawad,Jacky Bonaventure 2017, 'Structure-based mutational analysis of ICAT residues mediating negative regulationof β-catenin co-transcriptional activity', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0172603. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, the color became darker, and the hydrophobicity increased.
Tieqiang Liang, Lijuan Wang 2016, 'Thermal Treatment of Poplar Hemicelluloses at 180 to 220 °C under Nitrogen Atmosphere',BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_12_1_1128_Liang_Thermal_Treatment_Poplar_Hemicellulose. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Molecular properties such as electrostatic potential or hydrophobicity are mapped onto these surface points.
Thallinger Gerhard G, Rader Robert, Steinkellner Georg, Kratky Christoph, Gruber Karl 2009, 'VASCo: computation and visualization of annotated protein surface contacts', BMC Bioinformaticshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/10/32. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aerogels are characterized by low density, high surface area and high index of hydrophobicity.
Fail Sultanov, Zulkhair Mansurov 2014, 'About aerogels based on carbon nanomaterials', Chemical Bulletin of Kazakh National Universityhttp://bulletin.chemistry.kz/index.php/kaznu/article/view/543. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)