What is Flat Lens Antenna?

28 February 2021 5,433 3 View

Can impedance of antenna be less than 50 ohms?

I am simulating helix antenna in hfss, right now, giving excitation with 50 ohms port. When I see the results of Z parameter (real). It shows lower than 50 ohms. Do not understand, if it can be...

27 February 2021 4,218 7 View

Helix antenna coupling problem?

Dealing with a helix antenna, made with flexible material and not rigid like using a PCB board or wire. At the beginning of the helix is too close to the ground plane, causing coupling. How can I...

21 February 2021 4,453 3 View

Is receiving Invitation to submit a article from the journal is big deal ???

I have recently received a invitation from the journal "Current Pharmaceutical Bio-technology" to submit a research article. As i didn't received any invitation before. so, is it normal to to...

04 February 2021 4,596 23 View

Design parameters of L1 frequency Helix antenna?

Could I please get the guidance on Helix antenna operated from 1.5 - 1.8 GHz. I am designing in hfss and not able to cover 1.5 GHz. Could I get papers or suggestions on numbers I use to cover this...

02 February 2021 622 7 View

Can any tell me or suggest any research article or review about the concentration of peptide dissolve in system water and given to Adult Zebrafish?

Hello, everyone! I have chemically synthesized antioxidant peptide isolated from the plant. I have to validate its bioactivities in Adult zebrafish. I have to administer this peptide to zebra...

01 February 2021 5,809 3 View

Should I make 2 helical antennas? One for 2.4 GHz and another for 5.8 GHz?

Should I make 2 antennas, one for 2.4 GHz and one for 5.8 GHz? How should I approach the problem if I want to design the antennas which cover 400 and 900 MHz and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz? All together in...

26 January 2021 906 3 View

VSWR is shooting to 2.1 or even 2.3 in UHF dipole antenna, why?

So, I have a design, two dipoles working at UHF and VHF. We fed using a diplexer. I am having difficulties with the testing using network analyzer. VHF passes but UHF, specially at 400 MHZ, the...

26 January 2021 8,743 8 View

Can I simulate Ferrite in HFSS?

I have a design with 2 dipoles working at different frequencies joined in one system and separated by Ferrite. I think, Ferrite was used to minimize the interference between 2 antennas as much as...

25 January 2021 5,918 3 View

How to dissolve L-tryptophan in PBS?

The solubility of L-tryptophan is 11.4g/l in water. I tried dissolving 1.14 g in 100 ml PBS but still, it's not fully dissolved. Should I add NaOH or HCl? Also, can we stir the solution, or...

22 January 2021 1,127 3 View

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Can two EC50 values with different hill slopes be compared?

Hello, I fit a classical dose response curve Y=Bottom + (Top-Bottom)/(1+10^((LogEC-X)*HillSlope)) to my data (not related to inhibitors etc). The model I use is purely qualitative but it fits...

23 February 2021 8,155 5 View

Will SARS-CoV-2 Spike be broken into S1 and S2 by denaturing conditions?

Hello, I am performing a western blot of my SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped lentiviral particles. I denature my virus by adding concentrated virus to 2X Laemmli buffer at 1:1, then boiling for...

17 February 2021 4,844 4 View

What is the best temperature to coat an ELISA plate?

Hello, I want to control the temperature of my ELISA plate during incubations to get consistent results. In general, what is the best temperature to coat the plate with antibody? I have been...

16 February 2021 2,377 7 View

Is there a way to tell based on appearance which protein crystal should diffract the best?

I have had unheard of success with protein crystallography lately from a super successful protein expression and purification batch. I have attained a lately reproducible vast amount of crystals...

09 February 2021 5,155 5 View

How to measure the concentration of a labeled protein with no tryptophan or tyrosines?

Hey I'm trying to measure the concentration of a protein I've purified and then labeled with Atto 647 flourescent dye. The protein has no tryptophans or tyrosines (although does have...

04 February 2021 4,482 4 View

How to solve error "Cannot find position restraint file restraint.gro (option -r)." on GROMACS?

Hi, I am about to do energy minimization but the above error occurred, I checked my .mdp file and .top file but could not find the problem. TOP file ; Include forcefield parameters #include...

01 February 2021 780 3 View

Why is Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) always diluted with water? Could it be diluted with other solvents such as rice water?

I am currently making a research paper with my classmates in Philippine Science High School and we are trying to find references that mixed Fermented Plant Juice with other solvents instead of...

17 January 2021 5,099 4 View

Any stable dye to color acrylamide hydrogel beads?

Hi! We are generating hydrogel beads(50-60um) using microfluidics as single-cell beads. To simply all the experiments (especially the centrifuge), I am looking for a dye. The dye should be stable...

14 January 2021 4,383 8 View

How to phosphorylate specific residues on pymol?

Hi everyone, I am using the pyTMs plug in on Pymol to phosphorylate a particular threonine in my protein. I am having difficulty in selecting only one or two residues - it seems I can only...

05 January 2021 230 3 View