microencapsulation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of microencapsulation
1960–65; micro- + encapsulation ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The paper's lead author, Dr. Samuel Wilson-Whitford, a former postdoctoral research associate in Gilchrist's Laboratory of Particle Mixing and Self-Organization, captured the movement entirely by serendipity in the course of his research into microencapsulation.
From Science Daily • Sep. 20, 2023
Since the 1960s, forms of microencapsulation have been used to preserve attractive colored stripes in toothpaste and to create the mysterious liquid crystal substance inside mood rings.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020
While tweaking a manufacturing technique known as microencapsulation in 1966, he invented what we now know as scratch-and-sniff.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020
Answer: They have all been improved and made more practical by a little-known but rapidly spreading process called microencapsulation.
From Time Magazine Archive
To prepare solids for microencapsulation, N.C.R. scientists grind and filter them down to particles of the desired size.
From Time Magazine Archive
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