Can we use distributed acoustic sensing in lab scale (~cm) applications?

I am looking for a way to increase the number of sensors in acoustic emission lab experiments. Fiber optics (DAS) is a natural candidate but the standard resolution is several meters. Is it...

20 September 2020 7,764 4 View

MHCI IP for MS what detachment agent to use?

Dear colleagues, We are planning to run some MHCI IP experiments to identify MHC-bound peptide in adherent cells. I was wondering what do you usually use to detach the cells? I found accutase as...

26 August 2020 2,931 1 View

What is the best way to obtain protein active center for quantum mechanic studies?

Hello there, I am going to model a simple reaction between Fe from heme of human erythrocyte catalase and hydrogen peroxide using QM methods. Before that I need to have valuable structure of...

13 August 2020 8,181 4 View

Which level of theory choose as a reference method?

Hello everyone, I do calculations on compounds with about 25-30 atoms (hydrogen, carbon, oxygen) and about 110 electrons in a water solvent (SMD solvation model). These are optimizations and...

05 June 2020 7,102 10 View

Why does Gaussian converts B3LYP to UB3LYP automatically?

Hello, I'm submit to Gaussian09 input file of molecule as in attached image. The problem is upon execution, when method is automatically changed from B3LYP (restricted by default) to UB3LYP and...

03 December 2019 4,626 2 View

Shipping Arabidopsis seeds to the USA?

I want to send the seeds of Arabidopsis mutants to the USA to my friend laboratory. Is it possible? And is it legal?

05 June 2018 4,545 3 View

What is the sequence of synthetic miRNeasy Serum/Plasma Spike-In Control cel-mir-39?

26 June 2017 4,629 8 View

How to calculate number of all particles in each cell in Fluent?

Hello, I would like to calculate number of all particles in one cell in during dpm simulation in fluent. Macro P_N(p) gives only number in single stream. Have anyone any idea?

10 May 2016 6,660 9 View

Any advice on a viscosity model for polyesterification phenomena?

To specialized in polyesterification: Does it exist any empirical equation that describes behaviour of viscosity changes as time-dependence function? To be precise, there is a precursor solution...

28 November 2015 7,356 2 View

Is there an organic solvent for TiO2 available?

Is there anybody who can reveal which one of organic solvent (or system) will be suitable to dissolve the titanium dioxide? I'm sure it's possible, but in non-conventional route. Any articles or...

18 December 2014 6,074 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 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

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 measure the thickness of thin layers deposited on textured glass susbtrates?

I want to measure the thickness of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide layers deposited on textured glass substates. The layer thicknesses are typically below 100nm.

21 February 2021 5,465 4 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View

What is the difference between Graphene Oxide and Expanded Graphite?

What are the main differences between Graphene Oxide and Expanded graphite, in terms of surface functionalities, conductivity, d-spacing and other features? Is the term expanded graphite...

06 February 2021 9,810 4 View

PEG coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles in aqueous NH3?

Hello, I synthesized PEG coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles by coprecipitation methods and I would like to ask whether they can be dispersed in aqueous NH3 since they have a PEG coating and theoretically...

06 February 2021 5,217 4 View

What is the best visualisation solvent for xylooligosaccharides using TLC?

I am interested in using TLC to detect non-linear xylooligosaccharides. What would be the best visualisation solvent? Would aniline phthalate solution be suitable? I have also seen people...

02 February 2021 7,748 3 View

How to apply graphene oxide on an gold electrode?

Dear Fellows, now it is the time to push graphene applications further in terms of easy and low cost production surroundings. Thus I recently dived in the materia and I am facing tons of papers,...

02 February 2021 6,284 2 View

What could be the reason for XRD pattern starting from very high counts/intensity at 3 degree 2 theta?

I am working on XRD analysis of the clay minerals from the sea sediments. My XRD pattern shows very high counts at the start of the XRD pattern (3 degree 2 theta) which is very unusual. The counts...

31 January 2021 4,493 9 View