What is the best method for tracking the sun position, is-it by solar position calculation along the day of the year or by other method?

In solar energy application, often we should know the sun position at each instant. With the sun position calculation, I think we can establish a database for this purpose. Then we can use-it for...

31 December 2014 7,264 12 View

In multilayer PV solar cells, how can I choose the materials (gap and contact type) in order to increase efficiency ?

When the PV solar cell is used in a multi layer form, the goal is to benefit of a large interval of solar radiations. I think that the gap and the contact of different layers must have certain...

31 December 2014 3,584 4 View

What is the energy value of a phonon generally measured in an indirect transition?

Is it possible to obtain a phonon energy of about 425 meV, or is it an indirect transition assisted with more than one phonon?

11 December 2014 6,267 1 View

Why we use the term of "optical constants" of a material in spite of their variations ? is-it by misnomer ?

Optical constants as well as the gap, represent the signing of a material. They must be specific for this material. However, optical constants depend of the size of the crystallites which form the...

11 December 2014 5,742 3 View

Can we predict barrier potential in a contact metal-semiconductor or semiconductor-semiconductor using a theoretical approach ?

From band structure obtained with an existing calculation method , can we reach the result relating to the contact barrier between two materials ?

11 December 2014 5,487 13 View

There are much old films which are colored later. How we proceed to retrieve the suitable color for original picture ?

There are much old films which are colored later. The obtained result seems to be satisfactory. The colors can be different from the originals but it is sufficient for mistaking the human eyes....

11 December 2014 8,546 1 View

The IR radiations are harmful for the performances of photovoltaic solar cells; how is-it possible to eliminate these kind of radiations ?

Among the parameters which decrease the efficiency of the photovoltaic solar cells, we can note the solar IR radiations. This kind of radiation increases the temperature and then disturbs often...

11 December 2014 447 17 View

Is it possible to obtain a natural colored image using electron microscopy or ecography ?

Until today, a good colored image is obtained using exclusively light. Electron microscope uses electrons and echograph uses ultrason. That gives only gray images.

10 November 2014 7,733 11 View

What kind of chemical products are generally used in order to target a given thin film by the CBD technique?

08 September 2014 9,211 2 View

What is the best chemical solution which can be used to obtain tungsten oxide in the framework of chemical bath deposition (CBD)?

Especially to target the WO3 oxide.

02 March 2014 2,843 2 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test Fluorescent Compounds Other Than Fluorescence Spectrometers ??

Is There Any Feasible Method To Test The Efficiency Of Fluorescent Compounds Other Than UV Spectrometers ? Suggestions Would Be Appreciated !

02 March 2021 5,785 3 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

Why initial concentration of Pb not the same as calculated one when testing using AAS?

I am currently doing research on the adsorption of heavy metal using magnetic reduce graphene oxide. I use AAS to determine the concentration of the heavy metal. I prepare the Pb solution with...

26 February 2021 9,580 4 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 3 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 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 can I simulate the optical absorption spectrum of a biomaterial (like DNA or protein) in COMSOL?

I need to simulate the optical properties of a biomaterial, namely DNA, in COMSOL. Basically I need to simulate the IR absorption spectrum of a cylinder filled with a 'concentration' of DNA. I am...

21 February 2021 3,043 3 View