acceptor

Example Sentences

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"We therefore needed an energy acceptor that selectively captures the multiplied triplet excitons after fission."

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

They placed a polymer donor next to a non fullerene acceptor with almost no energy difference and only weak interaction -- conditions that should have significantly slowed charge transfer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Prosecutors meanwhile requested a six to seven-month sentence, saying Iswaran was "more than a passive acceptor of gifts".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

"Continued study of respiratory electron acceptor usage may thus provide an important avenue for informing our understanding of the functional capacity and metabolic output of the gut microbiome."

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

If the holder, with notice of the real state of the facts, agrees to give time to the drawer to pay, he may thereby discharge the acceptor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various