Is there an open source tool the measures the GRAVY index of a peptide incorporating the PTMs and unusual amino acids (e.g. hydroxyproline)?

Right now, I am using ProtParam to compute GRAVY index of peptides. However, some of my peptides are post-translationally modified, and contains unusual amino acids. I assume that ProtParam does...

29 January 2021 8,300 4 View

What do you mean by 'excitation' of a plasma wave? What is the physical significance of this 'excitation'? Why is it necessary?

I have read numerous research papers on various mechanisms of excitation of surface plasma wave. But why do we need to excite a wave? Is it necessary? Can't the wave propagate without being excited?

25 January 2021 3,790 3 View

What is the difference between research summaries and abstracts? Can an abstract be contained in a research summary?

Some articles confuse the two subjects. I need to find out if they can be used interchangeably. If not, what is the difference between the two?

13 January 2021 847 3 View

How long does the peptide cleavage cocktail last before it gets expired?

The cleavage cocktail is composed of Phenol/thioanisole/water/TFA/triisopropylsilane. I only prepare 10 mL cocktail per peptide but can the activity of the cocktail prepared at 100 mL last for a week?

10 January 2021 7,424 3 View

How to present and discuss results, when methodology is not data-based?

Dear Everyone! I'd ask you opinion about a problem, which is returning in my "softer" research field. Time to time I work on research projects, which do not have available data and/or the data...

29 December 2020 7,637 6 View

Do anyone know a lab in Mexico where dielectric properties of solids and liquid can be measured?

I mean those kits that can be connected to vector network analyzers in order to find out permittivity and permeabilitty of solid and liquid from around 1 to 10 or 30 GHz

25 November 2020 852 1 View

How would you describe the most relevant research questions and directions in urban air pollution, if I'm specially interested in transportation?

I am relatively new to this field, my research interests are smart cities, shared mobility, transport service integration. We have data about CO, NO2, O3, PM10 from several cities. I would like to...

11 November 2020 9,099 4 View

How relevant is the Area under curve (AUC) in ROC being different from .50?

I analyze the psychometric qualities of a screening instrument to predict depression after stroke using ROC analysis. In this context, I read several papers which report an AUC without a p-value...

12 October 2020 6,557 4 View

How do you guys measure the rate of protein translation for a specific protein?

I am trying to think about a way to measure the protein translation rate for a single and specific protein that I am interested in. I've been thinking that Ribo-seq might be a good idea for this...

07 September 2020 9,054 3 View

Determination of Lipid A in Salmonella?

Im working with a S. typhimurium strain. Until now when i wanted to have a look at the amount of Lipid A present in the cells, i did silverstainings with proteinaseK treated whole cell samples....

26 August 2020 9,455 1 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 3 View

How can I measure the thickness of thin layers deposited on textured glass susbtrates?

I want to measure the thickness of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide layers deposited on textured glass substates. The layer thicknesses are typically below 100nm.

21 February 2021 5,465 4 View

How do I calculate absorption coefficient of my thin film if I dont know the thickness? Or how can I calculate the thickness of my sample?

I have done Uv-vis characterisation of my thin film and have received absorbance and transmittance data. Now I want to calculate the absorption coefficient but I dont know the thickness of my...

21 February 2021 7,148 8 View

How to construct different filler shape in MD simulations?

Is there any way to construct different initial filler shapes like triangle, square, rectangle, pillar, and tube in any simulation software.

20 February 2021 1,750 1 View

Can fractal dimension of thin film surfaces affects the electrons energy states?

As fractal dimension of a thin film surface implies the irregularity in the surface. Is it possible that the energy states of the electrons are also affected by the fractal dimension?

19 February 2021 5,509 3 View

What is the reason film thickness increased?

what is the reason film thickness increased when increased doping concentrations give some reasons The measured film thickness is 156, 282, 394, 548 and 681 nm for 0, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 wt....

17 February 2021 8,987 5 View