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What does adsorption mean?

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Noun
  1. The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
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We show that spectroscopy of such chromophores can be done by adsorption to polystyrene microspheres and nanospheres in aqueous suspension.
Acidic lipids enhance the adsorption of positive ions due to their negative charge.
Glass coverslips were washed with ethanol followed by distilled H2O and allowed to air dry for 30 min before sample adsorption.
In addition, the surface atoms are capable of both adsorption and absorption of chemical compounds.
Our results suggest that the adsorption of pulmonary surfactant to an air-liquid interface can be considered in terms of two sequential steps.
The strong adsorption on such materials at surface or interfaces in the form of an orientated monomolecular layer is termed surface activity.

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