Sentence examples for materials that prevent from inspiring English sources

Another intriguing possibility is thermal cloaking, Maldovan says: materials that prevent detection of heat, just as recently developed metamaterials can create "invisibility cloaks" to shield objects from detection by visible light or microwaves.

An associate professor in Northwestern University's medical school in Chicago and its engineering school in Evanston, Illinois, Ameer studies properties of materials that can mimic human tissue, particularly materials that prevent rejection or scarring when implanted into humans.

Among the various transition-metal nitrides, TaN is a material that has potential for application in microelectronic components such as capacitors, thin-film resistors, and barrier materials that prevent the diffusion of copper into silicon [1, 2].

Soundproofing, the process of reducing sound pressure via a noise barrier using damping structures, is a delicate art that requiring dexterous materials that prevent sound leakage both in and out of a structure.

Frames are made from strong materials that prevent the traps and pots from losing their shape during fishing and storing.

These materials-based approaches to control of fungal adherence could provide both (i) new tools to study mechanisms of fungal virulence and biofilm formation, and (ii) approaches to the design of film-coated surfaces or to treat the surfaces of solid and fiber-based materials that prevent or disrupt the formation of fungal biofilms.

The use of packaging material that prevents exposure to light is one of the most effective means of preventing light-induced chemical spoilage.

To achieve this, they encapsulated the probiotic bacteria in a protective shell of alginate, a biocompatible material that prevents the probiotics from being killed by the antibiotic.

To help prevent such injuries, researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to coat batteries with a special material that prevents them from conducting electricity after being swallowed.

Other projects include new flooring material that prevents the spread of waterborne disease by dirt floors in Rwandan homes, and a portable handwashing station for Indian schoolchildren in schools without running water.

Cockpit windows are equipped with layers of material that prevents the glass from icing up.