Do hyphens in paper titles harm citation counts and journal impact factors?

Attention Researchers! A warning from the University of Hong Kong: "According to the latest research results, the presence of simple hyphens in the titles of academic papers adversely affects...

05 June 2019 3,470 4 View

Can bias filter new information?

Murphy's Law of Research tells us that "Enough research will tend to support your theory", but would it suffice? People often accept new information only if it confirms what they believe in. At...

05 June 2019 9,015 2 View

Do great scientists read works of fiction differently?

05 June 2019 5,523 8 View

Do you think "Request for Abstract" is a bit too much?

I humbly request all researchers to avoid it and confine to Request for Full-Text. How does a reader know whether a research paper is within the limits of his/her grasp unless he/she sees the...

05 June 2019 4,343 6 View

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05 June 2019 2,610 3 View

Thinking kinesthetically ~ If Michael Jackson were a soccer player?

RG has it that your toughest technical question will get answered in 48 hours here. One of my questions at RG has never been answered. Maybe because it's nonsensical. Anyway I am posting it for a...

05 June 2019 6,492 4 View

Any rare information on the Caspian Sea?

I am working on a piece of fiction with the Caspian Sea at the core as an ambiguous symbol. Have you come across any book (fiction or non-fiction) or a scientific paper that comes with some rare...

09 October 2018 1,920 5 View

What happens to the flame when a candle is blown out?

What happens to the flame when a candle is blown out? Where does it go? This is an image, in the form of a question, that my mind always invokes when people talk about a "soul" that still exists...

07 August 2018 3,398 2 View

The Boring Billion: Is the period "Da" or "Ma"?

07 August 2018 8,247 3 View

What do you DISLIKE most about Wikipedia?

11 December 2017 8,173 1 View

Why can't make aluminum nitride film successfully by use sputter?

We use reactive sputtering process to make aluminum nitride film, and want to make c-axis aluminum nitride film on a silicon substrate, but the crystal orientation cannot be seen with...

03 March 2021 7,975 3 View

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 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

How to delaminate copper in water-based anodes?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a way to delaminate copper current collector of water-based anodes in Li-ion batteries without damaging the graphite film. I tried different materials such as HNO3...

24 February 2021 3,785 3 View

Is there an ideal incubation time of RGO-modified SPCE before subsequent use, i.e., electrochemical characterization or further modification?

I notice that upon washing and air-drying of my RGO/SPCE surface and characterizing again via DPV, the current response towards ferricyanide probe significantly decreases. My worry is that the...

22 February 2021 5,324 3 View

How to define the sink temperature and film coefficient?

Hi, everyone. I am considering the heat conviction during compacting simulation by Abaqus. I was wondering that how to define the sink temperature and film coefficient? Is there any references...

21 February 2021 6,197 1 View

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The regenerated cellulose film was prepared by zinc chloride/H2O system. The zinc chloride had been washed away in the regeneration process, and the wet film which was not dried had uniform...

18 February 2021 9,538 1 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

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