interfacial

8.8

At the surface where two different materials or liquids meet

adjective
/ˌɪntərˈfeɪʃəl/

Specialized

: interfacial

The interfacial tension between water and oil affects how they mix in a salad dressing.
interfacial phenomena

And forming a bubble in a liquid requires energy because you require the surface energy, the interfacial energy.

Examples

In addition to material nonlinearity, special interface elements were implemented in the models to simulate the interfacial bond behavior between concrete and CFRP composites.

Academic text (2018)
We have identified a suitable oxidation method, as well as the parameter window that yields the best interfacial properties.

Academic text (1998)
And this is the interfacial area.
And these binding forces I'll simply call interfacial, interfacial forces.
Figure 6a, c, e shows three distinct interfacial regions.

Academic text (2018)
The presence of interfacial bubbles may also be responsible for nonlinear force-displacement curves.

Academic text (1999)
As minimum feature sizes shrink and film thicknesses scale proportionately, we anticipate that interfacial effects will influence all stages of the lithographic process.

Academic text (2001)
Structural analysis of the interfacial phase: High-resolution TEM analyses were conducted for the interfacial region and are presented in Fig. 4.

Academic text (2018)
Concrete cover separation is another failure mode that certainly happens in the adopted retrofitting scheme due to the high interfacial stresses at the FRP curtailment.

Academic text (2017)
In our case, we report both C14 and C15 Laves phase structures within the interfacial region, with a predominance of the C14 structure over the C15 structure.

Academic text (2018)

Compounds

interfacial surface tension

Specialized

7.4

A pull at the surface between two liquids that do not mix, like oil and water

interfacial tension

Specialized

8.7

The force at the surface between two liquids that do not mix, like oil and water

Surface Forms

interfacial positive

Morphology

interfacial = interface (transparent) = interface + ial

Directly formed from the noun 'interface' with the adjectival suffix '-ial', so its meaning 'relating to a boundary' follows standard word-formation.

Etymology

The word interfacial comes from interface, made of inter- ('between') and face ('surface where things meet'). So, interfacial means 'at the boundary' or on the surface where two materials or liquids meet.