How does the performance of AgNPs vary when they are directly coated on a substrate vs when they are embedded in solid matrices before application?

Is the surface area and accessibility entirely different in these two cases? If yes, then, does that have a significant influence on the performance? Since my work pertains to antibiofouling...

07 December 2020 6,285 3 View

Is there any correlation between the chemical nature of coating agent and incorporated nanoparticles, in terms of performance, for surface coatings?

Generally, the inclusion of nanoparticles in paints and coatings is meant to uplift the properties of the latter. Is there any such report where the chemical nature of the coating agent might...

03 December 2020 1,545 7 View

Why do we soak anion exchange resin (I am using Amberlite resin XAD7HP (Sigma Aldrich)) in Ethanol- water prior to using it for adsorption purposes?

If the purpose of soaking anion exchange resin in water/ethanol is to open up its pores, then can we simply soak it directly in the sample being used for experiments(mine is plant extract in 50%...

21 November 2019 4,579 2 View

Can I use a stainless steel plate as a counter electrode during water oxidation/oxygen reduction reactions (in basic media)?

30 January 2016 5,865 10 View

How can I perform photoelectrochemical water splitting with top illumination?

In our lab, we have a vertical light source. For PEC water splitting, light should fall directly on the working electrode. So generally horizontal light source is used and the electrode is kept...

09 January 2015 542 5 View

Which filter paper is best to get Graphene oxide film or is there any way to get GO film from GO solution?

I am trying to get GO film from GO solution (water). I tried to filter it using Polyamide filter paper but the GO film sticks to the filter paper and it's hard to separate the film even after...

21 May 2014 9,003 7 View

What is the effect of dispersibility of the core for better shell formation around it?

Consider two nanoparticles one of which is dispersible in some solvent and another is not. Now if one wants to form a shell around that nanoparticle, for which one among the above two would it be...

18 May 2014 1,069 2 View

I would like to know whether your focus is specific to habitat or ecological niche for collection of samples?

Congratulations for choosing such an important aspect of Plant Biology. We are working on Fern rhizosphere metagenomics and would love to collaborate with this endeavour.

01 January 1970 8,689 6 View

Anyone plz suggest relevant topic for research in image processing+Deep learning.?

I have selected brain tumor images ...but now found that already lots of research done n this topic.

03 March 2021 5,774 3 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 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

Should we change media after1st 6hrs after plating HUVEC bought from INVITROGEN?it's not recomended by invitrogen.Will DMSO present in stock matter?

We have HUVEC bought from Invitrogen. Cat no -C-003-5c. while first plating the cells we have bought the protocol suggests not to centrifuge the cell with media to remove the DMSO. Should we...

02 March 2021 3,713 2 View

How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

Good afternoon, I recently used OmniLog from BIOLOG for my experimentations : I tested the metabolism of different strains on 2 types of plates. I have 16 strains of 3 different groups...

02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

Do I need to strip the PVDF membrane before staining it with colloidal gold?

Dear Colleagues, After running Western blot on PVDF membrane and detection using ECL, I would like to stain my PVDF with colloidal gold to be able to allign the ECL image with total proteins on...

02 March 2021 7,829 3 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

How to find the mode of classified ocean colour images?

Hello, I have classified 10 S3 OLCI images from the same area (althouth not the same size and/or quadrant) and I would like to do a final image using the mode of the pixel of these 10 images. I...

01 March 2021 9,874 3 View

RIA. How to measure?

When you use RIA, with a control the unknown sample with antibodies, you bare in mind the binding sites of the antibodies. However you still need to measure labelled antigen (radioactive) and not...

28 February 2021 2,133 3 View