Is there any effective FEM solver to perform simulation of balloon inflation with large deformation (e.g. 300% strain)?

Hi! Thank you for your time, attention, and support. I am currently using FEM solver Abaqus to perform a set of balloon inflation simulations, trying to understand the deformation shape, stress,...

14 February 2021 2,524 4 View

Why are we measuring gel content of NBR latex? Does gel content related to the amount of cross-linked in a polymer?

Hi good day to everyone! I am actually studying the gel content of synthetic latex. Refer to ASTM 3616, gel content is measure of insoluble rubbers in the chosen solvent. So, I just would like to...

07 February 2021 605 4 View

How to delete a copy of a paper, and how to delete a co-author's name?

I mistakenly uploaded a copy of the same paper and entered my alternative name. How to delete them out? (I couldn't navigate to the right buttons to do it. So from where to where is what I don't...

07 January 2021 7,694 6 View

What effect will different solvents have on the ATRP reaction?

I want to do an ATRP reaction, synthesize an ATRP initiator, use DMF as a solvent, and mix DMF, BIBB and TEA to turn red. Why does it turn red? Xylene has been used as a solvent before, and there...

04 January 2021 8,034 3 View

Species identification.Who can tell me the scientific names of these Gastropods?

Species identification. I've been doing research on communities of marine macrobenthos recently, but some of them can't be identified, which hinders my research. Who can help me identify these...

14 December 2020 8,357 3 View

Cell shrinkage during ROS assay(H2DCFDA)?

Hi! I'm Yu, studying about health of MSC. These days, I'm doing ROS assay with H2DCFDA which requires 5~30 minutes of staining with PBS or HEPES or HBSS. In our lab, We use PBS w/o Mg/Ca for...

13 December 2020 8,813 9 View

Can I fix the cells after H2DCFDA assay for FACS analysis?

Hi ! I'm Yu, and planning to analyze ROS assay with H2DCFDA(Thermo) on MSCs. A lot of protocols instruct that treat H2DCFDA at specific concentration for 5~30 min, 20~30 min of recovery time...

10 December 2020 973 1 View

How to reconstruct a Lamb wave by a series of pulses superposed?

Lamb wave is useful for solid structure health monitoring, and it consists many modes. Unlike ultrasonic bulk wave, when given a pulse excitation (for example, 5-cycle sinusoidal pulse), only...

08 December 2020 5,440 8 View

How to interpret the significant effect of covariates when conducting a Two-way ANCOVA?

06 December 2020 8,560 4 View

Did anyone do microglia Oil Red O staining?

I need to stain adiposome in microglia, but I don't know how to confirm that are really success? method : Removed media and washed cells with PBS, then added 4 % paraformaldehyde for 20 minutes at...

24 November 2020 2,359 2 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

Small displacement measurement in vacuum?

Hello, I have a question. there is a circular thin foil which vibrates in vacuum, the foil restricted and moves up and down. it is like a diaphragm between two pipes . both sides are in vacuum but...

18 February 2021 8,075 3 View

Are there any thermochromic materials that reflect infrared light (~9000nm) at 10C and transmit infrared light at 25C?

So I know some metal-insulators (ex VO2) have thermochromic infrared-reflective properties, but most of these are insulators at low temperatures and conductive at high temperatures. Some...

07 February 2021 1,770 3 View

Functionality on MWCNT can possible without using vacuum oven?

I want to synthesis functional MWCNT from pristine MWCNT using acid treatment but I haven't vacuum oven for drying but I have a normal hot air oven. So may it possible to use hot air oven for...

02 February 2021 8,475 3 View

How can I model a vacuum region between a concentric tube in Ansys fluent?

I am modeling a double pipe (concentric tube) in Ansys Fluent. The center tube contains nanofluid, and the region between the pipes is a vacuum zone. The outer tube is used for reducing convection...

22 January 2021 2,781 3 View

What is the role of top counter electrode when using perovskite thin-films in photoelectrochemical application?

I am currently working on perovskite based photoelectrodes, but I do not want to replace the counter electrodes including Ag, Au, will it have serious issue in the PEC performance?

13 January 2021 3,408 2 View

How to use triflic acid under vacuum in liquid nitrogen?

Hi all, I need to make stock solution of TFA(triflic acid) in dry dcm for ring opening polymerization. Is it possible to place TFA in liquid nitrogen, and while is in liquid nitrogen vacuum the...

11 January 2021 9,108 1 View

Why is PVDF splashing and bursting under vacuum ?

I prepared PVDF in a very regular way by dissolving it with stirring at room temperature but when i placed it in vacuum for eliminating the bubbles and trapped gases it started to burst and...

09 January 2021 3,965 3 View

While I'm running energy minimization in vacuum using gromacs i got an error. can anyone solve this error?, i have set the emtol as 10?

"Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in ,5780 steps but did not reach the requested Fmax

26 December 2020 1,352 3 View

How to Interpret Photoluminescence Spectrum of Mixed Pb-Sn FA0.7MA0.3Pb0.7Sn0.3I3 Perovskites?

Dear Researchers, I hope you all will be in good health. I am writing this to request for your guidance. I am working on the fabrication of low bandgap Pb-Sn mixed perovskite with exact...

23 December 2020 1,147 1 View