What are the new researchable area under Rice crop under Agronomy related to moisture stress and nanotechnology ?

I had already worked on the moisture stress and lot of works being done in rice regarding stress or drought. I want to know some very recent researchable areas in rice crop regarding moisture...

26 January 2021 5,518 7 View

How can we differentiate a grassroots innovation or a frugal innovation from a local innovation ? Are they similar in their mode of working ?

What are the underlying notions that can distinguish these innovation in the informal settings?

12 May 2019 2,870 7 View

How can I show charge separation in a donor acceptor type conjugated polymer using DFT calculations?

I am trying to prove efficient charge separation in a Donor acceptor type conjugated polymer using computational chemistry through DFT calculations. Is there a way to show this ? Also, is it...

26 March 2018 5,305 2 View

Is it possible to obtain abnormally high molecular weight for aromatic schiff's base polymer?

Recently, I was trying to obtain schiffs base polymer from aromatic diammine and aromatic diketone via polycondensation, and obtained usual insouluble precipitate. Upon heating the ppt in DMF and...

12 May 2017 2,329 7 View

How to perform correction for ohmic resistance in phase angle bode plots ?

Is there any option in softwares like Z sim or any other fitting software for performing the correction of ohmic resistance in phase angle bode plot? What other alternative is there to find the...

20 September 2016 6,138 3 View

Are aromatic polyimines electrondeficient in nature?

There are literature(Macromolecules 1995,28, 1180-1196) which claim that aromatic polyimines are electron deficient in nature. However the electron rich Nitrogen group would readily delocalise...

18 August 2016 2,804 2 View

How can I perform CV studies with a polymer film anode with respect to Li?

I want to avoid using Li metal directly. Is it possible to use any other reference electrode and then reference it back to Li ? If yes, can you provide an example to do that?

30 May 2016 9,341 6 View

What general difference in profile can we observe for IR spectra of a monomer and corresponding polymer?

I am interested in the difference in general profile pattern and not in fingerprint stretching frequencies. What change in the profile can be expected in the polymeric samples against monomer...

26 March 2016 8,496 5 View

How is metastasis specific?

Prostate tumors are most often metastases to the bones, while colon carcinomas preferentially form new colonies in the liver. Is there any known mechanism for this specific trans-location of the...

18 May 2014 5,711 3 View

How can I know the origin of the metastasized cell?

How can we understand the primary habitat of a metastasized cell?

21 April 2014 6,220 6 View

Resistivity of PVD TiNx thin films vs. N2 flow?

In the PVD of TiN thin films (~100A), I've found the resistivity of the TiN films dropped from ~100 to 60um*cm with N2 flow increasing up to the metallic mode ending point; then the resistivity...

21 February 2021 1,864 2 View

How to visualize stress in a coating defined by "Skin" in Abaqus?

Hello All! I'm trying to model a contact between a coated substrate and a tip in Abaqus. The coating is ultra-thin compared to the geometry of the substrate. So I defined the coating using the...

16 February 2021 1,594 3 View

Having 2 different substrates under the same deposit conditions (TiN coating) why it is possible to obtain different colours in the 2 dif substrates?

Coating is made by same deposit conditions. substrates are HSS Drill bit and Shim SS 300 series. On the drill bit we are getting some golden color, however on the shim we got no color it is like...

08 February 2021 9,383 7 View

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16 January 2021 8,334 5 View

Are most sol-gel adhesion issues because of surface impurities?

We are trying to get a sol-gel film coating on diecast aluminum/silica (87%/13%) parts, and it is flaking off quite rapidly. This same flaking isn't happening with prototype milled aluminum...

13 January 2021 1,110 4 View

How do I justify the use of fish scales to synthesize a nano filter?

Good day. I am doing a studu on the use of fish scales to create a nano filter. This is aimed at potentially solving the face mask problem brought about the pandemic. This is what I know so...

09 January 2021 8,907 5 View

How does titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a coating's component enhance the coating performance in terms of anticorrosion??

Greetings, Recently, I was asked by a researcher how does TiO2 enhance the coatings polymeric structure making it able to reduce corrosion reaction by preventing the penetration of aggressive...

02 January 2021 5,257 5 View

Metal oxide corrosion protection, can it be done through the same techniques used in metal corrosion protection?

If a conductive metal oxide sheet like titanium dioxide (TiO2), indium tin oxide, Vanadium oxide etc. is corroding due to contact with solutions that contain oxidizing agents, what is the chemical...

20 December 2020 8,773 5 View

How to model a multilayer coating in ABAQUS?

Hello! I'm trying to model a multi-layer coating on a substrate in abaqus. The layers are homogenous and isotropic. My question is how should I approach the modeling? WHAT I'VE TRIED SO FAR: I...

09 December 2020 1,235 3 View

How does the performance of AgNPs vary when they are directly coated on a substrate vs when they are embedded in solid matrices before application?

Is the surface area and accessibility entirely different in these two cases? If yes, then, does that have a significant influence on the performance? Since my work pertains to antibiofouling...

07 December 2020 6,285 3 View