The phrase "as the outermost layer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is the most external or superficial part of a structure or system.
Example: "The atmosphere acts as the outermost layer protecting the Earth from harmful solar radiation."
Alternatives: "as the topmost layer" or "as the external layer".
Shade tobacco is used as the outermost layer of high-end cigar brands like Davidoff, Macanudo and Arturo Fuente.
They serve as the outermost layer of a flower bud and then open to support the flower's reproductive structures.
The positive zeta potentials at pH 2 7 confirmed the presence of CS as the outermost layer of the latex particles.
Positively charged PEI and negatively charged gelatin were alternatively deposited on the aminolyzed PPC membranes at pH 7.4, which formed polyelectrolyte multilayers surface with gelatin as the outermost layer.
The results indicated that cell outer membrane mimetic structures were formed on the modified surfaces with PMA as the outermost layer, and the hemocompatibility of the modified surfaces was significantly improved.
MPECs with an even number of layers exhibit positive surface charge due to PDADMAC as the outermost layer and are larger compared to complexes with an odd number of layers, which are negatively charged having PSS in the outermost layer.
The properties of the shell can be for example engineered by trapping different nanoparticles in-between the shell layers and/or by attaching bioactive molecules such as antibodies to the outermost layer.
As the coat protein composition changes with sporulation temperature (Melly et al. 2002a), it is likely that the composition of the outermost layer varies as well.
In this work we designed a fluorescent self-assemblied multilayers, with thrombin aptamers and ssDNA as aptamer fixed onto the outermost layer, respectively.
It is known that under these conditions, liposomes are multilamellar, which are inadequate as donors since only the outermost layer can provide TG.
As shown in Figure 7c, the outermost layer of the MS-C20 mixed LB film is covered by a double layer of cadmium arachidate (C20) for stability.
