In DFT or HF, is it more expensive to calculate the H matrix or to diagonalize it?

I was wondering: in common DFT (or Hartree-Fock) algorithms/codes, and in particular in solving the Roothan equation, what is the most computationally expensive part: 1- evaluate all the terms of...

01 February 2021 396 2 View

Warning in Lavaan, variance-covariance not positive definite!, model is not identified?

Dear colleagues, I am new to R, I have been using Amos for conducting CFA but came to learn that when dealing with Likert scale, Lavaan in R is a better tool to do such analysis. I started using...

30 December 2020 5,608 3 View

How can i figure out whether nanoparticles in my synthesis crosslinked or not?

i prepare protein nanoparticles. in one of my synthesis i use trifle amount of crosslinker and the nanoparticles stick in the bottom of plate. how can i understand that nanoparticles become...

03 December 2020 559 8 View

What is the best solver in OpenFOAM to study melt-water interaction?

During a severe accident in a nuclear reactor an energetic molten fuel/coolant interaction could happen, where a multiphase flow of a steam-water mixture in a region which contain drops of a...

29 November 2020 8,376 2 View

How can we define columns in 3D PLAXIS model for buildings existing near the excavation?

I started by a model using 3D PLAXIS to study the effect of deep excavations on existing buildings. The building was simulated as a surface plate with a surface load. Now I'm trying to do it as a...

29 November 2020 3,198 4 View

How to read forces from a file and apply them to a specified nodes in ANSYS APDL?

I want to apply different forces for every node. These force values are saved in .txt or .csv file. Can anybody help me to do that using APDL command. I attached Ansys input file for my model and...

15 November 2020 2,883 1 View

Where can I find off targets for Apis mellifera?

I would like to find off target sites for my sgRNA, however the more commonly used off target finders do not include apis meliifera, is there an application or website that would allow me to do...

09 November 2020 3,463 1 View

What is the best method to sterilize hydroxyapatite nanoparticles?

Powder insoluble

08 November 2020 509 3 View

Wrong cell dimension (cosAB)?

All input files with bravais lattice that contains an angle doesnt run in my Quantum espresso. i even tried running them in my friends laptop but the crash file displays the same problem. i hope...

03 November 2020 2,722 1 View

How Abaqus can generate lumped mass matrix with non zero values only at the diagonal ?

Hi everybody I generated mass matrix by Abaqus, but it has nonzero off diagonal values. I need to get lumped mass matrix with nonzero values only at the diagonal. In Ansys I can turn Lump on...

28 October 2020 5,960 4 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 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

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

I want to performe MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial identification, I would appreciate it if anyone can tell me the matrix solution preparation protocol ?

based on what I've studied on multiple papers, for peptide and protein identification Alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) is an appropriate matrix to use, I also know that the CHCA powder...

26 February 2021 6,799 3 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

How do I transfect a large plasmid into PC12 cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor?

I have a large 16 kb plasmid, which I need to transfect into PC12 cells. Lipofectamin 2000 didn't work and with GFP alone the transfection rate is very low. I also tried the neon invitrogen...

25 February 2021 6,635 5 View