Polymer synthesis simulation - which software?

Hello, I am a synthetic polymer chemist. I would like to explore the simulation counterpart of my experimental work. Can anyone suggest a good software able to simulate polymerization reactions,...

04 February 2021 2,672 4 View

Error when simulate casting process with Procast software?

I am trying to simulate the casting process of a part with the Procast software. I have the following problem. When I want to run, I run into an error as you see in the picture above. Does anyone...

20 January 2021 2,544 2 View

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26 December 2020 1,951 3 View

Having issues understanding the particles/mL to molarity conversion, I've seen many different way but non of them seem to match one an the other?

I have 68nm spherical Au NPs, which gave me a concentration of 1.22 x 10^9 particles/mL. How can I calculate the molarity without the need for TEM?

22 November 2020 8,850 3 View

Any method to dye shells for photography without deteriorating them?

Hi, I need to dye bivalves to bring out the details of the shell and to be able to take good photos. I have heard that there is a gaseous compound that allows this and doesn't damage the samples,...

27 September 2020 1,864 4 View

Spatial PCA: How to interpret the amount of variance explained by each principal component?

Hey everyone, I hope someone can help me. Please! I've carried out a spatial PCA using the adegenet package in R, following Dr. Jombart's tutorial (i.e. NAs in data replaced to mean allele...

16 September 2020 952 4 View

How to solve xleap error?

It's the first time for me that I try to use ambertools, I installed AmberTools20 with conda (miniconda) now I don't understand how to load a PDB file in xleap I keep getting the same error, the...

16 August 2020 7,815 2 View

Reference style "Games for Health Journal"?

Does anybody knows if there is a reference style in Mendeley for "Games for Health Journal" ISSN 21617856, 2161783X?

09 July 2020 8,151 1 View

Machine learning methods for dynamical systems?

I am comparing different machine learning techniques for learning dynamical systems (e.g. a system of ordinary differential equations), and so far I've used Long-Short-Term Memory Networks (LSTM)...

29 June 2020 3,633 5 View

Negative UV-VIS value in gold nanorods?

Hi! I was synthesizing some gold nanorods. What's interesting is, that in one of my trials a negative value in the UV-VIS (around 630nm) was obtained. How is that possible? Also, it was done by...

20 April 2020 9,570 5 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

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

Which microtomy technique do you suggest for thin and delicate root sectioning ?And, how to preserve and process the roots before sectioning?

We have thin roots of from 1 year old different species of plants. We are looking into anatomical details of the roots. What's the best method to preserve and process the roots once they are...

23 February 2021 1,898 1 View

How would I use a glycerol fixation to fix whole brain Drosophila tissue?

I need to take IF images with DAPI on a confocal but I need to use a glycerol fixation. Has anyone done this method before, if so how was it done? Thank you.

21 February 2021 3,081 3 View

How to successfully revive cells stored at -80 degree C for a year?

I am working on C6 cells along with other neuronal cell lines. We have preserved the cells in 90%FBS and 10% DMSO solution. We are reviving the cells after a year and cells are either not binding...

18 February 2021 4,499 1 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

CT image preprocessing in python?

I have a 3D CT image of a car engine in raw form with no header information. When loaded into numpy array as 16 bit unsigned integer, I noticed that the values range between 0 to 52000. Is this...

15 February 2021 4,736 3 View

How to revive a Hyphomicrobium strain?

11 February 2021 3,524 2 View

Problem to dissolve 50%wt Glycerol in 4%wt PVOH 28-99 ??

Hello everyone, I am trying to prepare a solution out of PVA(Polyvinyl alcohol)_Glycerol_Wasser . (4% PVA 28-99 and 50% Glycerin) To prepare this solution I first add PVA to 80degree water and...

06 February 2021 2,300 3 View