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mesoporous

mesoporous adjective: having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres.

Adjective

mesoporous (not comparable)

  1. Having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres.
    • A nanobullet comprising of multifunctional Janus nanocomposites (a head of magnetic Fe₃O₄ and a body of mesoporous SiO₂ containing doxorubicin) is reported to be a safe and efficient treatment for liver cancer.2020 September 11, Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D, “What are the Recent Applications of Nanobullets?”, in AZO Nano

Origin of mesoporous

From meso- + porous.

Questions about mesoporous

What does mesoporous mean?
Mesoporous means having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres.
What part of speech is mesoporous?
Mesoporous is an adjective.

Words near mesoporous in the dictionary

  1. mesoporal
  2. mesopore
  3. mesopores
  4. mesoporosities
  5. mesoporosity
  6. mesoporous
  7. mesoporphyrin
  8. mesoporphyrinogen
  9. mesoporphyrins
  10. mesoposteriorly
  11. Mesopotamia

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