The phrase "are oriented parallel to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to describe the orientation of two objects in relation to one another. For example, "The two beams are oriented parallel to each other."
In this orientation, four facets are oriented parallel to the electron beam direction, resulting in a clear change from a Ni-rich to a Pt-rich signal around the edge of the nanoparticle.
Whereas hydrophobic channel peptides, such as the N-terminal region of Vpu of HIV-1, adopt transmembrane orientations, amphipathic peptide antibiotics are oriented parallel to the bilayer surface.
Collagen fibers can be regarded as axis-like organic matrices: when CDHA is formed on the surface of collagen fibers parallel to the c-axes, the c-axes are oriented parallel to the fiber orientation (Sato 2007).
Hydrogen-bonded planes of nylon 6 chains are oriented perpendicular to both film surfaces of the specimen with modified orientation, while in normal doubly oriented specimens the planes are oriented parallel to the surfaces, as in the nylon 6 α-form.
Nodules commonly are elongate with a knobby irregular surface; they usually are oriented parallel to the bedding.
Pitchstone may reveal evidence of fluid flow by the presence of wavy streaks and trains of crystals; in pitchstone dikes, the lines and layers of flowage are oriented parallel to the dike walls.
Maximum orientation of this cloud is oriented parallel to S Hmax (Hettkamp et al. 2004).
A beak orientation of 0° indicates that the beak was oriented parallel to the X axis in the above view.
This inclusion is oriented parallel to the c axis of the host crystal.
The SiO2 stripes were oriented parallel to the [1 100] GaN m-axis.
Due to the anisotropic microstructure, specimens were oriented parallel to rod axis for optimum Charpy properties.
