These reveal a common motif that is composed of a degenerate 34-amino-acid sequence that forms an antiparallel α-helical hairpin, which in turn cluster to form a domain with a grooved surface that acts as a peptide-binding site.
Working in the laboratory of Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, an associate professor in ECE, McCormick developed an organic deposition technique called RIR-MAPLE that can produce a thin film with a rough surface that acts as a sort of Velcro for volatile organic compounds.
And because an insect's exoskeleton has a waxy surface that acts as an electrical insulator, that charge isn't easily dissipated, even when the insect lands on objects, says Randolf Menzel, a neurobiologist at the Free University of Berlin in Germany.
The formation of this stable chemisorbed monolayer produces a hydrophobic surface that acts as the driving force for the organization of the lipid monolayer.
One technique, known as a Dakota fire hole, involves digging a pit for a fire and then adding an angled tunnel from the surface that acts as a chimney.
The latter are chemically reduced to create copper nanoparticles or clusters onto the surface that acts as a seed layer catalyzing the copper electroless plating.
At Harvard, Professor McMahon had been the creator of the "tuned track," an indoor running track with a resilient surface that acted as a spring, reducing injuries and increasing speeds.
Red blood cells and fibrin are the main components of venous thrombi, and the fibrin appears to attach to the blood vessel wall lining (endothelium), a surface that normally acts to prevent clotting.
Electroless deposition afforded a high density of Au nanoparticles on frustule surface that acted as preferred sites for further Au nucleation and growth during exposure to the plating solution [21].
There is evidence to suggest that LIPUS activates integrins on the cell surface that act as mechanoreceptors to promote the attachment of various focal adhesion adaptor proteins [ 34].
After ligand binding there appear to be a multiplicity of ligand-induced surfaces that act as docking sites for coactivators and corepressors.
