I was reading a papers related to two-phase cell suspension culture and the word "interfacial deactivation" appeared several times. What is the definition of this word?
Perhaps you can give some more detail such as whether you are referring to mammalian cells or bacteria and provide a citation for a paper that uses this term.
In enzymology, interfacial deactivation works by deactivation of a solvent specific enzyme such as lipase by mixing it with a different solvent. enzyme trapped in the interface do not have the right environment to work.