How can cellulose and starch be modified to enhance the processability?

Please explain the difference between starch and cellulose in terms of the molecular architecture. Thanks!

03 April 2018 199 3 View

Can someone give me some idea about the pH sensitive polymer?

Polymers which are stable or unstable depending upon the pH environment they are subjected to. The application of this material would be a layer (intermattalic layer) in some micro-system. Thank...

02 March 2018 4,814 1 View

How about Soy based poly foam?

01 February 2018 8,514 0 View

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01 February 2018 7,976 2 View

What do you think about a product that is made of "100% nylon coated Polyurethane"?

01 February 2018 9,982 0 View

How safe is the polyurethane in the new interior car seats from toyota and others?

I want to know if it is safe to buy. It has been on my mind as we are purchasing a car with softech or softtex.

01 February 2018 231 3 View

Have you heard of "Ryanair Pledges to Go Plastic-Free by 2023"?

01 February 2018 2,269 1 View

What temperature do you recommend using all parchment paper?

Maximum all parchment paper that is free of non-stick coatings. The parchment paper I have seen has a silicone coating. Do you know what a typical parchment paper coating is made of?. What type of...

01 February 2018 5,079 0 View

MALDI-TOF MS of PDMS based ligand - What matrix should I select in order to obtain a good MS?

As I know, correct selection of the matrix is crucial for the success and correct interpretation. Could you suggest any matrix for long-chain PDMS ligand (masses range 10-20 kDa)? What conditions...

31 December 2017 5,882 2 View

Is there any relation between phase mixing/miscibility and phase separation/immiscibility in the polymer blends?

What exactly is the main result for this? Kindly explain briefly... I have checked so many publications associated with it, however, it is difficult for me to find the exact and clear definition....

31 December 2017 266 0 View

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

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Are there lab markers/pens resistant to Roti-Histol?

Hi, I'm looking for a pen/marker to write on the smooth, transparent (non-frosted) part of microscopy slides which does not get washed away by alcohols and most importantly Roti-Histol. I want to...

24 February 2021 9,902 5 View

Genescan gives 3 peaks instead of one?

Hi all, I am doing a genescan analysis for a deleted exon in the patient sample. The amplified region is 215 bp. In the patient sample because of homozygous deletion, no peak is observed while in...

23 February 2021 5,645 1 View

I have a problem with kanamycin - why the kanamycin doesn't affect?

Hi everyone, I need to expression of GFP with pET28 plasmid in E. coli BL21(DE3) plysE. Transformed cells have kanamycin and chloramphenicol resistance. Normally, only transformed cells should...

22 February 2021 4,032 4 View

How does elongation affect the resistance of an electrode?

What are the testing rate for electrodes recommended by ASTM for cochlear implants. I am currently doing the 15mm/min elongatio testing.

22 February 2021 1,515 1 View

Resistivity of PVD TiNx thin films vs. N2 flow?

In the PVD of TiN thin films (~100A), I've found the resistivity of the TiN films dropped from ~100 to 60um*cm with N2 flow increasing up to the metallic mode ending point; then the resistivity...

21 February 2021 1,864 2 View

Where can the fault diagnosis data set of lithium battery be found?

Most of the data sets on the network only contain good information about the voltage and internal resistance of lithium batteries. The data of faulty battery is missing. Who can help me, I will be...

21 February 2021 8,659 1 View

How to produce huge amount of protoplasts from Fusarium graminearum?

Hi, all I am using some protocol for protoplast production from Fusarium graminearum (Fg), but I need them in a huge amount. Sometimes the protocol worked well but most of the time failed....

14 February 2021 2,286 4 View

Recommendations on CO2 Resistant Rocking Shaker?

A certain protocol we have developed requires the use of a Rocker/Rocking Shaker in which our dishes with cells are maintained in the incubator. The rocking is essential to the protocol but we...

09 February 2021 3,291 1 View