The phrase "applied to a surface" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to coatings, treatments, or processes that involve a surface, such as in art, manufacturing, or science.
Example: "The paint must be evenly applied to a surface to ensure a smooth finish."
Alternatives: "coated on a surface" or "deposited onto a surface".
The organic material in the device is made of molecules that, once applied to a surface, self-assemble into a well-ordered structure that gives it superior insulating properties.
When 10% food soil was applied to a surface with Escherichia coli and compared, cell attachment differed depending on the nature of the soil.
Scientists call the coatings self-cleaning because, once they are applied to a surface, they do much of the work of scrubbing away oily residue — like that from a greasy fingerprint.
When such a coating agent is applied to a surface, the oil portion of the polyester undergoes a cross-linking reaction in the presence of oxygen from the surrounding air as it dries, yielding a tack-free film.
Granulation, in jewelry, type of decoration in which minute grains or tiny balls of gold are applied to a surface in geometric or linear patterns or massed to fill in parts of a decoration.
Surface coating, any mixture of film-forming materials plus pigments, solvents, and other additives, which, when applied to a surface and cured or dried, yields a thin film that is functional and often decorative.
We already observed that an acidic pH shock caused a much earlier initiation of stationary phase and actinorhodin (ACT) production when applied to a surface-grown culture of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) [ 10].
The same applies to a surface that has been contaminated with carbon dust.
This picture shows the fundamental ambiguities related to surface shape that arise when stereo is applied to a specular surface.
In other words, heat applied to a large surface area increases the pain thresholds elicited from a much smaller surface area (∼50 times), without concomitant variation of the corresponding psychophysical latencies.
In these experiments, the catalyst is applied to a flat surface that is held at a fixed temperature.
