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interfacial

American  
[in-ter-fay-shuhl] / ˌɪn tərˈfeɪ ʃəl /

adjective

  1. included between two faces.

  2. of, relating to, or of the nature of an interface.


Etymology

Origin of interfacial

First recorded in 1830–40; inter- + facial


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Understanding how rearrangement happens can help tune the interfacial alignment at the nanoscale.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

The team found that B18C6 was the best ether for interfacial passivation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

To get around this, Livingston and his colleagues turned to an industrial approach for making ultrathin water desalination membranes called interfacial polymerization.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 29, 2022

Espinosa, J. R., Vega, C. & Sanz, E. Ice–water interfacial free energy for the TIP4P, TIP4P/2005, TIP4P/Ice, and mW models as obtained from the mold integration technique.

From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2017

The problem is to make the sum of the interfacial tensions a minimum, each tension being proportional to the square of the difference of densities of the two contiguous liquids in question.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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