Which transfection reagent is the best for plasmid transfection of MDA-MB-231 cell line, Lipofectamine based or other reagent suggestion?

I try to transfect MDA MB 231 cell line with a plasmid by PEI, unfortunately, the rate of transfection is low, and now I wanna find and order the best transfection reagent for this cell line and...

19 February 2021 828 6 View

Could you suggest how can I count the floating point operations(flops) in the MATLAB codes?

Computational costs are important in numerical methods, as if they were obtained by counting the number of operations(flops). The order to count this number has been asked by MATLAB that I have...

22 August 2019 3,046 8 View

Calculating Potential of mean force (PMF) using SMD trajectories!?

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25 February 2019 4,297 1 View

How to interpret the surface roughness trend in PES/GO membrane?

adding graphene oxide / rGO / graphene have shown conflicting surface roughness changes in Polyethersulfone. for rGO in specific, why do we have roughness decrease whilst porosity has increased?

11 February 2019 1,354 4 View

Compatible forcefield with charmm to simulate a protein containing Trimethyllysin!?

Hi all, I am trying to simulate a protein containing a modified Lysin : Trimethyllysine. I am a NAMD user and I couldn't find a proper forcefield (topology and parameter files) with charmm yet....

02 December 2018 4,619 8 View

How should I define "non protein" parts of PDB in Parameter file(charmm)?

Hi, I need help with performing a simulation of a ligand and a protein. I am using psfgen code and add a ligand as the second segment but my parameter file couldnt recognize the new molecule...

20 September 2018 2,681 5 View

What is the best alghorithm to superpose two protein? Same in sequence vary in shape?

these two algorithms seems fast and efficient for aligning (superpose) two proteins: Acta Chrystallogr. Sect. A 61 (2005) 478 [doi: 10.1107/S0108767305015266] J. Comput. Chem. 31 (2010)...

18 September 2018 2,024 1 View

Does anyone know that can i use sudan black b instead of sudan 4 in En-face staining of whole aorta?

I don't have Sudan 4 hence I want to know I can use Sudan Black instead of Sudan 4

09 June 2018 5,028 3 View

Temperature control (via langevin) in Steered Molecular Dynamics!?

Dear all, I would like to know about the temperature control in Steered Molecular Dynamics. should I turn off langevin control in steered molecular dynamic? Thank you

05 June 2018 9,862 3 View

Why does my polymer solution tends to stick to the electrode while being imposed to electric field?

when I apply an electric field over my polymer solution it tries to move toward the negative electrode (the distance between the two electrodes is very low) this local movement is different every...

01 March 2018 6,984 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

Why is my platinum counter electrode getting dirty during electrodeposition?

I am conducting anodic electrodeposition of MnO2 onto a stainless steel substrate, using a platinum strip as a counter electrode. This is done galvanostatically, with the current held between 5...

27 February 2021 1,829 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 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

How do I calculate absorption coefficient of my thin film if I dont know the thickness? Or how can I calculate the thickness of my sample?

I have done Uv-vis characterisation of my thin film and have received absorbance and transmittance data. Now I want to calculate the absorption coefficient but I dont know the thickness of my...

21 February 2021 7,148 8 View

How to construct different filler shape in MD simulations?

Is there any way to construct different initial filler shapes like triangle, square, rectangle, pillar, and tube in any simulation software.

20 February 2021 1,750 1 View

Can fractal dimension of thin film surfaces affects the electrons energy states?

As fractal dimension of a thin film surface implies the irregularity in the surface. Is it possible that the energy states of the electrons are also affected by the fractal dimension?

19 February 2021 5,509 3 View