The assuming of "tiny-sea effect" (microscope) leading to thixotropy (microscope) of nano-materials in organic medium was presented.

提出了纳米粒子在有机介质中，由微观的“微海效应”导致的宏观的触变性的设想。

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In scientific terms, probably the most significant effect of the Sea Empress spill has been felt by a tiny creature known as the brooding cushion-star, or Asterina phylactica to those in the know.

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