Sentence examples similar to functioning as a protective layer from inspiring English sources

The periderm, which overlies the developing epidermis and functions as a protective layer for the embryo, carries developed tight junctions as observed in simple epithelia.

In future work, the diamond film will serve as a protective layer for an alpha particle sensor designed to function in an electrorefiner during pyroprocessing of spent fuel.

In such cases, the superconducting or ferromagnetic layers can be grown on top of topological insulators to serve as a protective layer.

Chitosan coating could serve as a protective layer for water loss during the storage of postharvest fruits [ 3, 17, 26].

However, when a micelle-LBL network was developed over this base layer, it functioned as a protective barrier to shield the innermost streptavidin layer from destabilization.

The fabricated SU-8 structure was coated with a 10 μm layer of positive photoresist (S1822, Shipley Microposit) as a protective layer before dicing.

Likely, this phenomenon explained why the corrosion rates of coupons decreased with exposure time, assuming that the rust layers behaved as a protective layer against corrosion acceleration.

Corrosion of steel could be prevented using the conducting polymers as a protective layer.

Because it remained in solid state, the iron layer at the top acted as a protective layer effectively preventing removal of the molten layers.

This coating also serves as a protective layer for the metal structure, allowing fabrication of highly controlled resonant light trapping metal surface with resistance to environmental contaminants.

The carbon layer acts as a protective layer to maintain the integrity of the structure as well as avoids the direct contact of silicon with electrolyte.