Can we use a brewster plate instead of an etalon??

What is the difference between etalon and brewster plate??

07 August 2016 2,391 0 View

How does polarization of a medium change due to electro optic effect?

03 April 2016 9,958 9 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

Can polymer concentrations be calculated based on the number average molecular weight?

Hello, I spin-cast two different polymers onto wafers and measure their height as a function of initial concentration. For polymer A, I have the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as well as...

28 February 2021 7,882 2 View

What pH condition required to coat APTES on silica coated Fe3O4?

It's a hydrolysis reaction, which may produce by either acid or base-catalyzed reaction. so can anybody help me with this, which condition is suitable for this reaction?

26 February 2021 1,760 8 View

My silica gel column dried can I somehoe save the trapped matter?

I tried to separate my substance from a protein in a sillica gel column. By mistake, it dried and cracked. Can I save the trapped substance? Can I repack it ,or at least elute all of the trapped...

22 February 2021 1,789 3 View

How to resolve Gaussian error termination " Error termination via Lnk1e in F:\G16W\l103.exe" for TS(QST3)?

When I run the job for TS(QST3) in gaseous phase, it was completed without any error. But when I add water in CPCM model it terminated with an error: Inconsistency: ModMin= 2 Eigenvalue=...

21 February 2021 3,198 2 View

Amorphous silica XRD peak at around 10 degree?

21 February 2021 3,417 5 View

Using the Pfaffl method: Is it possible that the ratio of the calibrator does not equal 1?

Hi all, I have a question regarding calculations using the Pfaffl method. I have 3 groups per experiment: 1 control group (calibrator) and 2 treatment groups with 6 to 7 biological repeats per...

19 February 2021 8,351 2 View

Reaction condition to convert NH2 to COOH?

I need to couple Dopamine by NH2 end to silica nanoparticles coated by PEG-NH2, but first i need to convert the PEG-NH2 to COOH by using succinic anhydrous ... can you suggest a reaction condition ?

13 February 2021 2,768 4 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

What is the type or grade of ethanol used in SOL-GEL?

I'm preparing materials that will be use in SOL-GEL to produce silica gel, I will use Tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as precursor, and ethanol as solvent , but when I search to buy ethanol, the...

01 February 2021 5,153 4 View