One reason for this change is that a tiny thing has a large surface area relative to its mass.
And its purity and large surface area make it suitable for medical uses too: from aiding drug delivery to building new tissue for regenerative medicine.
Washing generally involves high temperatures, fine sprays (and hence a large surface area) and a lot of sloshing around of water, all of which promote efficient chemical stripping.
And, at this point, the tiny, dry insulin particles had such a large surface area relative to their mass that, like popcorn or flour, they poured unevenly, leaving air pockets and inconsistent doses.
Perhaps the most obvious obstacle Apple may face will be the potential limitation for a gadget meant to be so small to have a large enough surface area on which to embed the solar cells.
Nicknamed "The Builder Prince" he began to transform Monaco as early as the 1950s, reclaiming land that added 20% growth to the principality's surface area, encouraging large construction projects and supported economic diversification.
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On the other hand, since lots of small drops have a collective surface area greater than a few large ones, they reflect much more light.
Supercapacitors have a big internal surface-area that allows a large amount of energy to be delivered rapidly and are used in some electric cars to provide a short burst of power for rapid acceleration and in hybrids to recover energy during braking.
The large, button-free touchpad offers plenty of surface area for intuitive scroll, flick, pinch zoom and pivot gestures.
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We have over 100 large vessels that are skimming offshore in and around the surface area above the well.
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