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Rod

A rarely used unit of length in the U.S. system equal to five and a half feet.

rod

A linear unit of measurement equal to 161/2 feet.

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Molecular composites caused by hydrogen bonding and specific acid-base interactions were also evaluated for blend systems between poly(benzyl-L-glutamate) as rigid rodlike polypeptide and lightly sulfonated polystyrene as flexible coil ionomer (251).

Molecular composites for molecular reinforcement: a promising concept between success and failure

qi's rodlike bone and Angers that may have been part of a wing.

Bat-winged dinosaur may have glided: Rodlike bone in forelimb suggests creature took to the skies

Khan, "Effects of nonionic micelles on the rate of alkaline hydrolysis of N-(2'methoxyphenyl)phthalimide (1): kinetic and rheometric evidence for a transition from spherical to rodlike micelles under the typical reaction conditions," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol.

Kinetic evidence for near irreversible nonionic micellar entrapment of N-(2-methoxyphenyl)phthalimide (1) under the typical alkaline reaction conditions

For male mice, the loss of IR in osteoprogenitors resulted in a lower trabecular bone volume fraction (BV/TV) with thinner (Tb.Th), more rodlike trabeculae in the femur metaphysis (Table 1).

Loss of insulin receptor in osteoprogenitor cells impairs structural strength of bone

Solution of phospholipid molecules can demonstrate more than one micellar structures, namely, spherical micelles, rodlike structures, liposomes, bilayers, and others due to their surfactant-like features [1-4].

A coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation using NAMD package to reveal aggregation profile of phospholipids self-assembly in water

Higher reaction temperature and longer reaction times increase the size of the nanoparticles, while the molar ratio of ligand (oleic acid) to lanthanide metals changes the ratio of the c-axis to the a- and fc-axes of the hexagonal rodlike nanoparticles.

Visible discrimination of broadband infrared light by dye-enhanced upconversion in lanthanide-doped nanocrystals

Chen, "In situ growth nanocomposites composed of rodlike ZnO nanocrystals arranged by nanoparticles in a self-assembling diblock copolymer for heterojunction optoelectronics," Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol.

Nanocomposite-based bulk heterojunction hybrid solar cells

Wang, "Self-assembly of rodlike bio-nanoparticles in capillary tubes," Angewandte Chemie--International Edition, vol.

Synthetic phage for tissue regeneration

After the interlayer combination and crosslinking between adjacent hydrolyzed titanium alkoxide species, a mixed lamellar liquid-crystal phase membrane formed, and rodlike micelles were separated by bilayers of surfactant and water (Figure 5(d)).

One-dimensional nanostructured Ti[O.sub.2] for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater

Chauveteau, "Rodlike polymer solution flow through fine pores: influence of pore size on rheological behavior," Journal of Rheology, vol.

Solution of time periodic electroosmosis flow with slip boundary

Hemoglobin, the substances that carries oxygen in red blood cells, forms uncharacteristic, rodlike clusters in the cells, giving them a sickle shape and impeding their passage in small blood vessels.

Genetic testing

Bone is an organic-inorganic ceramic composite containing well-structured collagen fibrils, nanocrystalline, and rodlike inorganic material with length of 25-50 nm.