Definition of micropore in English:
micropore
noun ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)pɔːˈmīkrəˌpôr
A very narrow pore, especially in a material.
Example sentencesExamples
- Presumably, this water is tightly bound to the organic matrix and the mineral phase and diffuses along the micropores that are embedded in the collagen and hydroxy-apatite matrix.
- Among the scientific claims made regarding Rife Bare therapy is the proposal that subjecting cells to a high energy pulse causes their cell wall micropores to open.
- The product penetrates the substrate's micropores and chemically bonds to beautify the surface and provide long-term protection from moisture and chloride-ion absorption.
- The outer membrane is pierced by micropores of unknown function.
- While flow through the fine micropores of the soil matrix is essentially non-turbulent or laminar flow, flow through macropores can be turbulent and erosive.
- Another uses a laser to painlessly create micropores in the dead layer of skin, through which ISF is collected.
- Central agencies use blotting paper and distilled water to remove the salt accretions and clear the micropores on the rock tablets, which is why visitors see a creamish mush plastered on the walls.
- Runions et al. and Tomlinson have shown that any buoyancy exhibited by saccate grains is probably due to a sufficient volume of air trapped in the sacci by surface tension forces at the entrance to the micropores in the ektexine.
- For thermal transpiration to generate pressures within these plants, it is necessary for the internal atmosphere under the micropores to be constantly warmer than the external atmosphere.
- The higher the modified microporosity, the higher the loss in the crystallisation test; this indicates that it is the proportion of micropores present and not their absolute volume which is the controlling factor.
- According to Samuels, this energy painlessly creates an array of micropores - holes with a diameter about that of a human hair - in the outer dead layer of skin cells.
- The rapid electrical pulse induces very short-lived micropores in the plasma membrane, allowing DNA to enter the cell.