(of a substance) capable of responding to light or other electromagnetic radiation
Examples of 'photoactive' in a sentence
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Herein, colloidal synthetic procedures are applied to design a photoactive multifunctional nanosystem.
Elisabetta Fanizza, Carmine Urso, R. Maria Iacobazzi, Nicoletta Depalo, Michela Corricelli,Annamaria Panniello, Angela Agostiano, Nunzio Denora, Valentino Laquintana, MarinellaStriccoli, M. Lucia Curri 2016, 'Fabrication of photoactive heterostructures based on quantum dots decorated with Aunanoparticles', Science and Technology of Advanced Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1153939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An application of photoactive coatings on building materials can produce buildings with self-cleaning surfaces.
Manuel Luna, Juan J. Delgado, M. L. Almoraima Gil, María J. Mosquera 2018, 'TiO2-SiO2 Coatings with a Low Content of AuNPs for Producing Self-Cleaning BuildingMaterials', Nanomaterialshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/3/177. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These bacteria form a mat-like photoactive outer layer around an otherwise unconsolidated core.
Kim Milferstedt, W. Camilla Kuo-Dahab, Caitlyn S. Butler, Jérôme Hamelin, Ahmed S.Abouhend, Kristie Stauch-White, Adam McNair, Christopher Watt, Blanca I. Carbajal-González,Sona Dolan, Chul Park 2017, 'The importance of filamentous cyanobacteria in the development of oxygenic photogranules',Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-16614-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This photoactive complex shows high thermal stability according to the investigation of thermogravimetric analyses.
Qingguo Meng, Suqing Wang, Junhao Zhang, Rui Xun, Mingchao Chen, Jitao Lu 2017, 'Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Magnetic Property and Photo-Induced Coloration of aOne-Dimensional Chain Complex', Crystalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/7/3/77. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phytoplankton has photoactive pigments that can be used to identify these toxins.
Fernanda Sayuri Yoshino Watanabe, Enner Alcântara, Thanan Walesza Pequeno Rodrigues,Nilton Nobuhiro Imai, Cláudio Clemente Faria Barbosa, Luiz Henrique da Silva Rotta 2015, 'Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Concentration and the Trophic State of the Barra BonitaHydroelectric Reservoir Using OLI/Landsat-8 Images', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthhttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/9/10391. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This novel approach holds promise for the development of photoactive chemosensors for ocean deployment.
Karl J. Wallace, David Schrock, Andrea McDonald, W. Scott Jones, Karen M. Orcutt 2010, 'A Lanthanide-Based Chemosensor for Bioavailable Fe3+ Using a Fluorescent Siderophore:An Assay Displacement Approach', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/2/1326/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the study the self-cleaning properties of photoactive gypsum plasters are presented.
Kamila Zając, Magdalena Janus, Antoni W. Morawski 2019, 'Improved Self-Cleaning Properties of Photocatalytic Gypsum Plaster Enriched with GlassFiber', Materialshttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/3/357. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For this, polymethine dyes were used as the photoactive agents.
Lavinia Balan, Raphael Schneider, Colette Turck, Daniel Lougnot, Fabrice Morlet-Savary 2012, 'Photogenerating Silver Nanoparticles and Polymer Nanocomposites by Direct Activationin the Near Infrared', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/512579. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)