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298 Index<br />

homogeneous, 62<br />

matrix, 61<br />

polar, 62<br />

synthetic, 61, 62<br />

polymer membranes<br />

viscosity, 240<br />

polymethacrylate, 49<br />

polypeptides, 7<br />

polysaccharides, 75<br />

pore<br />

diameter, 86<br />

pore area, 81<br />

pore radii, 80, 85, 87, 90, 137<br />

pore size, 78, 85<br />

pores, 89<br />

porometry, 262<br />

potassium permanganate, 15<br />

precipitates, 129<br />

precipitation <strong>of</strong> AgCl, 106<br />

projected surface area, 169<br />

radio-labelled solute, 269<br />

radioactivity, 267, 269<br />

rate constants, 37, 132, 136, 164, 181, 183, 191<br />

rates <strong>of</strong> cuticular penetration<br />

optimising, vi<br />

predicting, vi<br />

reconstituted cuticular wax, 98, 197<br />

reconstituted wax<br />

preparation, 264<br />

reconstituted wax samples, 194<br />

resistance, 37<br />

resistivity, 37<br />

salt penetration, 132<br />

scanning electron microscopy, 18<br />

self-diffusion, 78<br />

silylation, 4<br />

simulation <strong>of</strong> foliar penetration, 191, 192<br />

size <strong>of</strong> pores, 81<br />

size <strong>of</strong> solutes, 158<br />

size selectivities, 199, 200<br />

size selectivity, 137, 139, 188, 198, 220<br />

SOFP, 130, 272<br />

solubilisation, 229<br />

solute<br />

molecular weight, 84<br />

solute diffusion<br />

accelerating effects, 215<br />

solute mobilities, 188<br />

solute mobility, 180, 184, 186, 189, 269<br />

solute permeability, 153, 268<br />

solute radii, 83<br />

solute size, 137<br />

sorption, 49<br />

cuticle, 165<br />

temperature, 233<br />

wax, 165<br />

sorption compartment, 178, 180, 182, 184<br />

sorption isotherm, 58, 77, 104<br />

sorption site<br />

4-nitrophenol, 236<br />

specific gravity, 3<br />

specific surface areas, 169<br />

spin label, 213<br />

state flow rates, 154<br />

steady state, 32, 43<br />

steady state diffusion, 38, 41<br />

Stokes–Einstein relationship, 86<br />

stomata, 118, 126<br />

stomatal infiltration, 162<br />

structure–property relationships, v<br />

submersion technique, 159, 191, 269<br />

Sudan III, 15<br />

surface tension, 134<br />

surfactant, 133, 205, 207, 273<br />

swelling, 92<br />

synthetic polymers<br />

water vapour permeability, 254<br />

thermal expansion, 251<br />

thermodynamics<br />

water permeability, 247<br />

thickness <strong>of</strong> CM, 93<br />

thin-layer chromatography, 11<br />

titration, 68, 69<br />

titration curves, 71<br />

tortuosity, 64, 86, 99, 220, 246<br />

transesterification, 3<br />

transmission electron microscopy, 20<br />

transport limiting barrier, 200<br />

transport-limiting barrier, 193, 225<br />

transversal heterogeneity, 15<br />

trichomes, 126, 127<br />

triterpenoids, 14<br />

tritiated water, 267<br />

UDIS, 186, 269, 271<br />

UDOS, 272<br />

unilateral desorption, 180, 185<br />

urea, 32, 33<br />

Van der Waals forces, 233<br />

vapour pressure, 54, 74<br />

vapour pressures, 54<br />

vapour sorption, 92<br />

volume expansion, 7

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