How to Use electron transport in a Sentence
electron transport
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The cell maintains this state with machines called electron transport chains that pump out thousands of protons per second.
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Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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When heat is applied, electrons in the semiconductor are thermally excited and rise from a low-energy state to a high-energy state, and are injected into the electron transport layer.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2019
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The way that electron transport occurs in single-electron devices is altogether different than in conventional electronics.
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IEEE Spectrum,
14 Oct. 2016
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And oxygen is required to run the molecular conveyor belt (the electron transport chain, or ETC) that moves electrons, so the more oxygen being consumed, the more efficiently this runs.
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New Atlas,
11 Aug. 2025
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These ranges closely match the wavelengths most readily absorbed by cytochrome c oxidase, a key enzyme in the mitochondrial electron transport chain that contributes to the formation of the cellular fuel known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Lynne Peeples,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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