QPlus vs quartz tuning fork sensor?

a quartz tuning fork sensor is a quartz crystal tuning fork with both prongs oscillating whereas a qPlus sensor is with one prong firmly glued. What are the main differences between them and...

31 December 2018 610 0 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 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 replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

What condition required for coating of Fe3O4@SiO2 by using APTES?

I tried coating Fe3O4@ SiO2 by using APTES in 5% water-ethanol but it is not coated. Kindly suggest a solution for it. Thanks

24 February 2021 5,992 4 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 search for crystal structure for material with atomic position labelled?

I am using the crystallographic open database and materials project to search for cif file but the exact structure is not mentioned or how can I deduce that the given structure and atomic position...

23 February 2021 6,723 2 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 generate AA6061 alloy or any aluminium alloy crystal in material studio?

I need to carry out molecular dynamics simulation on Aluminium alloy. For this i need the crystal structure that which could be further replicated to form a structure.

22 February 2021 1,410 1 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