Color of spiro-ometad film?

What does the color of a spiro-ometad film indicate? I got purple, green, red, even black color of the spiro film. Is there anything we can get from the preliminary color analysis(e.g. oxidation...

21 February 2021 1,831 4 View

Dissolving AN-MA-IA copolymer in 50 % w/w sodium thiocyanate water solution. What is the white residue forming after polymer dissolved?

Dear colleagues! Recently I tried to dissolve commercially available samples of PAN precursors (acrylonitrile-methyl acrylate-itaconic acid terpolymers) in water solutions of sodium thiocyanate...

17 October 2020 6,083 4 View

What is the reason of poor resolution of AFM images of TiO2?

We prepare TiO2 samples using Titanium Isopropoxide, Ethanol, and Glacial Acid; We increase the amount of ethanol to decrease the thickness of the layer. However, the layers with thicknesses...

30 August 2020 4,031 13 View

Band in the negative control of qPCR product gel?

I persistently get a band in the negative control when trying to isolate RNA from cell samples and am wondering if it's contamination in the experiment, genomic contamination, or just the...

02 August 2020 6,486 1 View

If G is a tree, then L(G)D(G)L(G)=-2L(G). Is the opposite true?

It is well known that if graph G is a tree, then the following identity holds: LDL=-2L, where L is the Laplacian matrix of tree G, and D is its distance matrix. Is the opposite true? That is, if...

28 May 2020 4,298 3 View

Miocene green algae in thin sections?

Dear colleagues In attached photos, you will find green algae (?) from the Miocene glendonite-bearing rocks of Sakhalin (SEM photos of thin sections) Is anybody can help with identification of...

02 January 2020 4,041 3 View

Why images in scanning electron microscope(sem) got bright stripes?

why images in scanning electron microscope(sem) got bright stripes? an image is attached. it does not look like a material related contrast(polymers). it does not disappear with current, voltage...

02 January 2020 2,404 4 View

How to model Background Seismicity in EZ FRISK?

does anybody know how to model background seismicity in EZ FRISK 7.65? I understand we have to define it as grid source, but I don't quite understand the input parameter required, it requires...

03 September 2019 819 1 View

Could you recommend some papers where two CMIP5 experiemnts are compared: historical and pre-industrial control runs?

I am interested not in the technical description but in the case studies, e.g., when the variability of various fluxes is studied.

12 June 2019 3,088 2 View

Wrong ethanol IR spectra?

I've measured three different ethanol samples in my IR spectrometer, whose spectra are attached (one in absorbance and another in transmittance units). The measurement was made with liquid ethanol...

08 May 2019 5,677 9 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Which is the most efficient etching solution for nickel based alloys?

Which solution reveals the microstructure and features of nickel-based alloys?

02 March 2021 2,221 3 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

What element is driving the different slop in the low frequency tail?

My study consists simple corrosion inhibitors in salty brine. Right now I just fit my circuit with randles with CPE. Just wondering how the slop can given more info of the experiment. Or any...

01 March 2021 6,474 3 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

I have designed reflectarray element and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, I am not getting desired results?

I have designed reflectarray element to generate OAM beams at 5.8GHz and feeding it though Horn Antenna on HFSS. After full wave simulation, i am not getting desired results i.e Radiation pattern...

01 March 2021 9,701 5 View

I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View