a reversible aggregation of liquid particles in an emulsion
transitive verb or intransitive verb
2.
to make or become a coacervate
Word origin
[1620–30; ‹ L coacervātus (ptp. of coacervāre to heap up), equiv. to co-co- + acerv(us) heap, multitude + -ātus-ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: contact, hotbed, phosphorus, plug, veto-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'coacervate' in a sentence
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The complex coacervate structures self-organize in biconcave thin water layers into size-sorted monolayer superstructures.
Jan Bart ten Hove, Matthias N. van Oosterom, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen, Aldrik H. Velders 2018, 'Nanoparticles reveal Extreme Size-Sorting and Morphologies in Complex Coacervate Superstructures',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-32240-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both techniques evidenced the formation of coacervate microparticles.
Marcia C. Silva, Cristina T. Andrade 2009, 'Evaluating conditions for the formation of chitosan/gelatin microparticles', Polímeroshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282009000200010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most of the dye molecules get solubilized in the coacervate phase, leaving a dye free dilute phase.
Arunagiri Appusamy, Indulekha John, Kalaichelvi Ponnusamy, Anantharaj Ramalingam 2014, 'Removal of crystal violet dye from aqueous solution using triton X-114 surfactantvia cloud point extraction', Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098614000305. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We focus on some promising in vitro coacervate model systems that aptly mimic part of the compartmentalized cellular environment.
Karina K. Nakashima, Mahesh A. Vibhute, Evan Spruijt 2019, 'Biomolecular Chemistry in Liquid Phase Separated Compartments', Frontiers in Molecular Bioscienceshttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmolb.2019.00021/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The addition of 0.8% chitosan to milk caused the milk proteins to coacervate after a 1 h incubation period.
Chun-Chi Chen, Shui-Tein Chen, Jung-Feng Hsieh 2015, 'Proteomic Analysis of Polysaccharide-Milk Protein Interactions Induced by Chitosan',Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/5/7737. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)