"Surface Tension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The force acting on the surface of a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013500
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.860.816
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| Concept/Terms |
Surface Tension- Surface Tension
- Surface Tensions
- Tension, Surface
- Tensions, Surface
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surface Tension" by people in Profiles.
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Caggioni M, Bayles AV, Lenis J, Furst EM, Spicer PT. Interfacial stability and shape change of anisotropic endoskeleton droplets. Soft Matter. 2014 Oct 14; 10(38):7647-52.
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Maki KL, Braun RJ, Henshaw WD, King-Smith PE. Tear film dynamics on an eye-shaped domain I: pressure boundary conditions. Math Med Biol. 2010 Sep; 27(3):227-54.
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Albert JN, Baney MJ, Stafford CM, Kelly JY, Epps TH. Generation of monolayer gradients in surface energy and surface chemistry for block copolymer thin film studies. ACS Nano. 2009 Dec 22; 3(12):3977-86.
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Weis CM, Wolfson MR, Shaffer TH. Liquid-assisted ventilation: physiology and clinical application. Ann Med. 1997 Dec; 29(6):509-17.
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Perkins WR, Dause RB, Parente RA, Minchey SR, Neuman KC, Gruner SM, Taraschi TF, Janoff AS. Role of lipid polymorphism in pulmonary surfactant. Science. 1996 Jul 19; 273(5273):330-2.
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Strayer DS, Herting E, Sun B, Robertson B. Antibody to surfactant protein A increases sensitivity of pulmonary surfactant to inactivation by fibrinogen in vivo. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Mar; 153(3):1116-22.
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Major D, Cadenas M, Cloutier R, Fournier L, Wolfson MR, Shaffer TH. Combined gas ventilation and perfluorochemical tracheal instillation as an alternative treatment for lethal congenital diaphragmatic hernia in lambs. J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Aug; 30(8):1178-82.
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Michaels JD, Papoutsakis ET. Polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol as protectants against fluid-mechanical injury of freely-suspended animal cells (CRL 8018). J Biotechnol. 1991 Jul; 19(2-3):241-57.