acceptor

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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

A general strategy to enhance the proton conductivity in such perovskites is to introduce an acceptor dopant; that is, a cation M3+ with a valence lower than that of B4+.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

The acceptor of a bill is the principal debtor; the drawer, the surety.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.