Definition of "zwitterionic" []

• Of a pertaining to a zwitterion (adjective)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "In earlier work, the investigators had found that the kidneys efficiently filter out of the blood stream nanoparticles of approximately 5.5 nanometers (nm) in diameter and that are zwitterionic, that is they have both positive and negative charges on their surface."
• "Stable room temperature molecular assembly of zwitterionic organic dipoles guided by Si (111) - 7×7 template effect,"
• "The researchers also developed ultrasmall, zwitterionic, brightly fluorescent nanoparticles consisting of a zinc-cadmium sulfide core surrounded by a cadmium selenide shell and a cysteine coating."