an extremely small crystal that can only be seen through a microscope
microcrystal in American English
(ˈmaikrəˌkrɪstl)
noun
a microscopic crystal
Word origin
[1890–95; micro- + crystal]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, historicism, honky-tonk, phoneme, takedownmicro- is a combining form with the meanings “small” (microcosm; microgamete), “very small in comparison with others of its kind” (microcomputer; microlith), “too small to be seen by the unaided eye” (microfossil; microorganism), “dealing with extremely minute organisms, organic structures, or quantities ofa substance” (microdissection; microscope), “localized, restricted in scope or area” (microburst; microhabitat), “(of a discipline) focusing on a restricted area” (microeconomics), “containing or dealing with texts that require enlargement to be read” (microfilm; microreader), “one millionth” (microgram)
Examples of 'microcrystal' in a sentence
microcrystal
Microcrystal-line deposition most often consists of calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate crystals and/or hydroxyapatite crystals.
Teruyuki Takahashi, Yugo Minakata, Masato Tamura, Toshiaki Takasu, Marohito Murakami 2013, 'A Rare Case of Crowned Dens Syndrome Mimicking Aseptic Meningitis', Case Reports in Neurologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/348745. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, challenges remain in sample manipulation and data assembly for robust microcrystal synchrotron crystallography.
Gongrui Guo, Martin R. Fuchs, Wuxian Shi, John Skinner, Evanna Berman, Craig M. Ogata,Wayne A. Hendrickson, Sean McSweeney, Qun Liu 2018, 'Sample manipulation and data assembly for robust microcrystal synchrotron crystallography',IUCrJhttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252518005389. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This article presented an experimental research on washability of microcrystal graphite using float–sink tests.
Hongqiang Li, Qiming Feng, Leming Ou, Sisi Long, Mengmeng Cui, Xiaoqing Weng 2013, 'Study on washability of microcrystal graphite using float–sink tests', International Journal of Mining Science and Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209526861300181X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The microcrystal features of reed are destroyed and biochar contained mainly lignin fractions.
Chang Liu, Xin Huang, Lingzhao Kong 2017, 'Efficient Low Temperature Hydrothermal Carbonization of Chinese Reed for Biochar withHigh Energy Density', Energieshttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2094. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, our work attests that the mineral uraninite has an unexpected geochronological robustness, even on the microcrystal scale.
Waitzinger Michael, Finger Fritz 2018, 'In-situ U–Th–Pb geochronometry with submicron-scale resolution: low-voltage electron-beamdating of complexly zoned polygenetic uraninite microcrystals', Geologica Carpathicahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2018.69.issue-6/geoca-2018-0033/geoca-2018-0033.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microcrystal suspensions were passed through a channel with or without exposure to a magnetic field using a permanent magnet.
Y. Takanezawa, H. Kashiwagi, M. Iwasaka 2017, 'Remote sensing of microfluidic tracers by light scattering from microcrystals undermagnetic fields', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4978406. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was applied successfully to the microcrystal formation of lysozyme, ferritin and hemagglutinin with high density.
Dan Bi Lee, Jong-Min Kim, Jong Hyeon Seok, Ji-Hye Lee, Jae Deok Jo, Ji Young Mun,Chelsie Conrad, Jesse Coe, Garrett Nelson, Brenda Hogue, Thomas A. White, Nadia Zatsepin,Uwe Weierstall, Anton Barty, Henry Chapman, Petra Fromme, John Spence, Mi Sook Chung,Chang-Hyun Oh, Kyung Hyun Kim 2018, 'Supersaturation-controlled microcrystallization and visualization analysis for serialfemtosecond crystallography', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-20899-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)