The phrase "act as anchor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that provides stability or support in a situation.
Example: "In times of uncertainty, a strong leader can act as an anchor for the team, guiding them through challenges."
Alternatives: "serve as a stabilizer" or "function as a support".
When pre-formed Stöber SiO2 nanoparticles (120 nm) and MWCNTs are co-mixed with alumina microbeads (369 ± 47 μm) the SiO2 nanoparticles act as anchor points and attach the MWCNTs to the larger alumina surface.
The innovative feature of this approach is that the polypeptide plays many key roles: (i) it is used as crosslinker; (ii) its positive charges act as anchor sites; and (iii) as an hydrophilic molecule, polylysine improves the swelling properties of the gel and therefore the capacity of vesicle binding.
The Miami Foundation will act as fiscal sponsor of the initiative, while Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Media Labab will act as anchor institutions for The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund.
America's biggest network, around Tempe, Arizona, was aiming for 32,000 subscribers, but had only 600 in April 2006 and has not provided figures since.EarthLink and MetroFi have responded by asking city governments to act as "anchor tenants" and agree to spend a guaranteed sum on the service.
Whether it's NGOs providing technical assistance to smallholder farmers resulting in improved yields for buyer corporations, or governments that act as anchor buyers for inclusive businesses and/or create pro-poor business policies, collaboration between the public and private sector now is the norm rather than the exception.
These base stations act as anchor clients for small scale energy projects by committing to the purchase of a majority of the power supply generated by a company like OMC.
Motors might act as static anchors of cargos (Delanoue and Davis, 2005; Delanoue et al., 2007).
For this reason the best troops were posted on the far right to act as anchor-men.
These tails, Weyand and her colleagues found, act as anchors pinning AMPK to the lysosomal surface.
Centrosomes act as anchoring sites for regulators of diverse cellular functions.
The two carboxyls attached to the 2,5-positions of the phenylene ring act as anchoring groups.
