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Titre
Surfactant	Blend word of Surface Active Agent Surfactant is a compound (often amphiphilic) which easily adsorbs on interfaces between air and water, solid and water, etc… This adsorption induces a decrease of the surface tension of the interface.
Supercritical CO2	Supercritical carbon dioxide is a particular state of CO₂ above the critical point where it has an intermediate behavior between that of a liquid and a gas.
Self-organizing system	System in which elemental bricks (molecules, polymers, particles etc…) spontaneously organize themselves into various architectures

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