Sentence examples for increased water uptake from inspiring English sources

The SO3H groups of nanoporous silica increased water uptake by increasing the hydrophobic surface property.

Similarly, the addition of silk fibroin increased water uptake by the gels (from 7% to 21%).

Beneficial effects of bio-stimulants on plants include increased growth, improved resistance to stress, pests and diseases, and increased water uptake [7, 11 13].

Acidification via immersion of BPS-32 films in boiling sulfuric acid solution increased water uptake, and water and salt permeability increased.

Improvement in agronomic traits of host plant in the presence of pathogen is attributed to T. harzianum that increased water uptake and translocation of nutrients (Hoyos-Carvajal et al. 2009).

Hydrolytic degradation in the copolymer networks was controlled by two opposing effects which occurred as the trimethylene carbonate was increased: Tg depression, which increased water uptake, and increased hydrophobicity, which decreased water uptake.

Conversely, the NMT used in this investigation demonstrated significant mechanical degradation with increasing water uptake.

Kelvin potential measured on "intact" area is shifted negatively with time, indicating an increasing water uptake under the "intact" coating.

The proton conductivity will increase by increasing water uptake because the mobility of protons in the water phase increases with increasing water content.

Plants showing the avoidance-of-stress strategy possess some features enabling them to minimize or compensate for water loss or to increase water uptake and avoid desiccation.

The results of the imbibition tests show that both water and ultrasound per se play important roles in increasing water uptake at the early stage of soaking.