Can we use Aluminum sheet as a substrate for thin film and have surface area calculated from BET?

I am to calculate surface area of a thin-film using BET and use the same thin-film for electrochemical analysis. I have chosen aluminum sheets, will there be any issues with BET??

27 September 2020 8,456 4 View

Where can I get sea salinity, surface sea temperature, chlorophyll content of bay of bengal for developing machine learning model?

I have some data in the form of maps but I prefer data in reading format and data corresponding to all gps locations.

04 August 2020 3,882 1 View

Virus Methods: Calculationg Virus titer and deciding which titer would be better for my experiment?

I was looking for this chapter titled 'Virus Methods' in a book 'Baculovirus expression vectors : A laboratory manual by David R. O'Reilly, Lois K. Miller, Verne A'. However, I do not have access...

27 March 2017 9,068 11 View

Why do MCF7 spheroids not get formed using the low-adhesion well-plate technique?

I have been trying to culture MCF7 spheroids by seeding 5000 cells in DMEM, in a low-adhesion 96 well-plate (Corning) and then centrifuging at 1000g for 10 mins. However, I am only able to get...

06 March 2017 3,510 4 View

What is the best protocol for subcellular fractionation of Gram-positive bacteria?

11 January 2017 9,996 1 View

Why does the HIV-1 expansion not work after use of repeatedly expanded HIV-1 of a lab adapted strain as the initial stock?

Since I am working on first such project, it would be great if someone can explain me about this: While expansion of HIV-1 viral stocks of lab adapted strains, which is a standard procedure of...

01 January 1970 8,771 3 View

I want to make a sacrificial layer which is unaffected by resist removers. What is the best way to do it?

I'm trying to make a sacrificial layer on a glass substrate. I'll deposit gold on top of it and do lithography on it to write some structures. I have other plans with it afterwards. I'm facing...

01 January 1970 7,270 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View

Is there any relevant technique for mesocosm studies in marine environment using Nanoparticles?

I am planning to perform mesocosm study in simulated marine environment using Phosphorus based nanoparticles, i would be using marine micro-organisms in it. kindly suggest me some effective...

07 January 2021 5,877 3 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

Is there any chemical safe for sea environment, but could be used for repelling planktons and microorganisms?

As an example of Julia Child, whose first receipe was shark repelent, my team and I are looking for some chemicals which wont harm planktons but will help keep planktons from our robot in sea.

20 December 2020 9,616 4 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

What is the most controllable (marine) bacterial culture you can cultivate in simulated seawater?

02 December 2020 6,796 3 View

Any available international research grant in this COVID-19 year?

Dear researchers, I am a researcher from a university in Malaysia. I know that we all are having a tough situation in this pandemic year. I just posted this to know if there is any possible...

24 November 2020 8,759 3 View

In your opinion, what are the mechanism performed by corrosion inhibitor in a coating for corrosive medium?

Greetings researchers, There are quite a number of studies has been performed to analyze the effects of corrosion inhibitor when incorporated in a coating (epoxy, alkyd and etc) for the...

23 November 2020 6,622 10 View

What can we infer from different microbial communities in fish gut from two different locations?

Recently I have been interested in microbial communities from gut & intestine of the same fish species popular in Indonesia marine aquaculture, Grouper (Epinephelus sp.), but are raised in...

18 November 2020 510 5 View

Which is the importance of fixing (e.g. bivalvia) haemocytes and use anti-clotting solutions in flow cytometry?

I am trying to optimize a flow cytometry method to characterize mytilus spp. haemocytes. In literature I found that someone, to avoid clotting, use anti-clotting solutions or dilute and fix the...

05 November 2020 2,522 4 View