Sentence examples for act as a chain from inspiring English sources

Uniquely, the tri-functional crosslinker, HBHBA, can act as a chain extender due to the presence of a low reactivity secondary hydroxyl, reducing the crosslink density of the HBHBA foam vs. that of DEOA foam.

As expected from the literature, the molecular weight of the copolymers decreased with increasing ITA concentration in the feed, which may be a consequence of the allylic hydrogen in ITA that can act as a chain transfer agent in radical polymerization [43, 44].

These euchromatic modifications may act as a chain terminator for the propagation process that generates methylated pericentromeric heterochromatin [12], [37].

Vitamin E is known to act as a chain breaking antioxidant that prevents the propagation of free radical reactions.

Chromosome 1D encodes a D-type LMW-GS containing a single cysteine residue and therefore may act as a chain terminator [ 53, 54].

This suggests that mitochondria-targeted quinones by themselves do not act as a chain-breaking antioxidant.

It has been demonstrated that vitamin E levels, known to act as a chain-breaking antioxidant that prevents the propagation of free radical reactions, are lower in dialysis patients compared to controls, indicating that there is a significant level of oxidative stress in chronic renal patients [ 16].

PMDA acted as a chain extender with hydroxyl units.

In addition, TPP acts as a chain extender of PET, allowing the average chain length to be increased.

It is suggested that the thioxanthyl ketyl radical acts as a chain terminator, with reactions occurring at the 2-, 4-, 5-, 7-, and 9-positions.

Contrarily, SUMO1 is attached as a monomer, or acts as a chain terminator on SUMO2/3 polymers (Matic et al., 2008; Okura et al., 1996; Tatham et al., 2001).