How do you use Bilayers in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Bilayers meaning
plural of bilayer
Using Bilayers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bilayer
- In the example corpus, bilayers often appears in combinations such as: lipid bilayers.
Context around Bilayers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bilayers
- In this selection, "bilayers" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lipid, phospholipid and opposed stand out and add context to how "bilayers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between opposed bilayers and in lipid bilayers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bilayers" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bilayers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the flexibility of hydrocarbon chains in lipid bilayers. (9 words)
Liposomes are self-assembling, spherical, closed colloidal structures that are composed of lipid bilayers that surround an aqueous space. (19 words)
The formation of lipid bilayers is an energetically preferred process when the glycerophospholipids described above are in an aqueous environment. (20 words)
Measurement of birefringence can be achieved using cross polarisers in a microscope to obtain an image of e.g. vesicle walls or using techniques such as dual polarisation interferometry to quantify lipid order or disruption in supported bilayers. (38 words)
In contrast to the standard vesicular mechanism of lipid transfer, evidence indicates that the physical proximity of the ER and mitochondrial membranes at the MAM allows for lipid flipping between opposed bilayers. (32 words)
He also collaborated with Whitman chemistry professor David Frasco, using phospholipid bilayers as a model to study the surface of living cells and their absorption processes. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
He also collaborated with Whitman chemistry professor David Frasco, using phospholipid bilayers as a model to study the surface of living cells and their absorption processes.
In contrast to the standard vesicular mechanism of lipid transfer, evidence indicates that the physical proximity of the ER and mitochondrial membranes at the MAM allows for lipid flipping between opposed bilayers.
Liposomes are self-assembling, spherical, closed colloidal structures that are composed of lipid bilayers that surround an aqueous space.
Measurement of birefringence can be achieved using cross polarisers in a microscope to obtain an image of e.g. vesicle walls or using techniques such as dual polarisation interferometry to quantify lipid order or disruption in supported bilayers.
On the flexibility of hydrocarbon chains in lipid bilayers.
Saccharolipids describe compounds in which fatty acids are linked directly to a sugar backbone, forming structures that are compatible with membrane bilayers.
The formation of lipid bilayers is an energetically preferred process when the glycerophospholipids described above are in an aqueous environment.
Common combinations with bilayers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: