Why does flow deformation occur at the test line and control line on nitrocellulose membranes (LFIA)?

I use 1% BSA in 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) solution when striping my nitrocellulose membranes with antigens and antibodies. However, I always observe deformed flow when my sample or running...

16 February 2021 4,224 3 View

How to improve results of system identification procedure?

Hello, I'm performing system identification of the lateral closed-loop dynamics of a quadrotor. My model receives a setpoint and should return position and acceleration. I've proposed a second...

07 February 2021 9,791 2 View

How can I set up UV irradiation for crosslinking lab?

Hi, I am using a mix of 2 polymers and want to try and crosslink them. I have a UVA lamp of 365nm and have tried the lab previously at 30cm above. How would you recommend I approach the lab and...

31 January 2021 8,711 3 View

Which air pollution/air quality books do you recommend for working with environmental engineering students?

I am exploring up-to-date books on air pollution and air quality, and I would like to know which books do you recommend for environmental engineering students.

25 January 2021 3,972 7 View

How to simulate Sloshing water using Dynamic mesh in ANSYS Fluent ?

I am trying to model sloshing water in a tank in ANSYS Fluent using Wall motion. BUT it seems that System coupling is not responding to wall motion and it works only with Dynamic mesh.

20 January 2021 2,963 3 View

Are there other models that meet the same purpose?

Both Jakes and Gaussian models are used to characterize the power spectral densities of mobile communication channels.

11 January 2021 759 3 View

What is the maximum time duration allowed between photoresist coating and exposure?

I have coated the Silicon wafer with photoresist (AZ1518) but until the exposure (Laser Writer) I had to wait for more than a week (Laser Writer was not operative) - would the photoresist still be...

03 January 2021 9,640 4 View

What would happen if all nitrogen atoms in DNA were replaced by Carbon atoms ?

The DNA molecule is in the form of a double helix, The atoms which compose it are carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and phosphorus

02 January 2021 4,402 3 View

SDAS, secondary dendritic arms space relation with solidification rate?

Want to know the relation between sdas and solidification rate, the mechanism by which getting smaller space between secondary arms by increasing the rate ?

23 December 2020 735 2 View

Shall i use the country's CPI score or rank while entering the data ?

I have the Corruption perception index as a control variable in my study and i'm not sure what i have use the score or the rank of the country ? please advice what i have to use in the data entry...

09 December 2020 3,797 2 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

Standard curve shifting over time. How do I stabilise the ELISA?

24 February 2021 1,365 3 View

How can I selectively dry etch Ti on a polymer substrate?

24 February 2021 5,378 1 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View

Plant research: Watering uniformity/consistency. How important is it?

Trying to gather insight from an unresolved discussion with a colleague here, and either the available literature surrounding this topic and/or my keywords in search of are lacking. Context:...

21 February 2021 6,389 3 View

How to dissolve lyophilized silk fibroin?

Dear members of the community, I am trying to concentrate silk fibroin to 25 % (w/v). Nevertheless, i am struggling with the concentration step. I successfully achieve concentrations of 5-6 % of...

16 February 2021 1,808 1 View

How does a freeze dryer destruct your solid sample?

Several times I lost my sample during freeze drying. There was no solid or powder in the vial after freeze drying. I'm sure sample contained solute because i took its NMR spectrum. I covered the...

15 February 2021 6,749 2 View

Can i use the " weight moisture" ( humidite ponderale in French) of plants to describe their efficiency in using water?

Weight moisture is : water content/ dry weight , if for example it is 4 it means that this plant have for each 1gam of dry mass 4 grams of water. can i use this to interpret the plant use of...

14 February 2021 5,784 1 View

How to determine the drug loading and the drug release capacity of a polymer micelle using UV spectroscopy?

Currently, I am working on PLA-PEG copolymer micelle for the drug delivery system. I have seen several papers where some researcher talks to centrifuge the drug-loaded micelle to separate the...

13 February 2021 5,822 7 View