Sentence examples for surface of a piece from inspiring English sources

The first concerned the "photoelectric effect": how did ultraviolet light knock electrons off the surface of a piece of metal?

Much of their initial work focused on the screen's wiring, which is, in fact, etched onto the surface of a piece of glass.

Use the third dimension, in front of or behind the surface of a piece of paper or a computer screen, for foreign policy.

The rotaxane molecules were attached by one end to openings of minute holes, a few nanometres in diameter, on the surface of a piece of porous silica.

If the atom in question is in a small particle on the surface of a piece of silicon, the result is what is known as a surface plasmon.

The resulting pattern of impacts has been likened to the "chatter" of a carpenter's chisel slipping along the surface of a piece of wood.

Not all the surfaces on a piece of wood bond equally well.

They found that not only is time a significant factor in the transfer of bacteria from a floor surface to a piece of food, but it also depends on the type of floor it lands on.

Another, the Seconda, is sleek and metallic, and has the solid bright surfaces of a piece of electronic equipment.

Plasma technology is not yet developed for wide use in the meat-processing industry; challenges involve devising an efficient way to fully expose all the surfaces of a piece of meat.

One is to simply scratch or etch grooves onto the surface of a flat piece of silicon, glass or plastic and then glue another piece on top to seal the grooves into closed channels.