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?

01 February 2019 9,601 5 View

Does Graphene oxide experience electrophoresis also in NMP ?

GO in NMP - considering NMP is not an electrilyte on itself, can the flakes move towards the opposite electrode?

08 September 2018 9,227 0 View

How to interpret the increase of water contact angle in polymer / graphene oxide ?

when the loadings of GO in the polymer increased the contacact angle was almost the same as the pure polymer and in one case higher... what can be the reason ... it is expected to have more...

04 May 2018 7,944 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...

02 March 2018 9,968 4 View

Which side of the membrane is the top side?

while casting a carbon filler /polymer composite membrane on glass, during inversion in water , it gets up with a convex surface which is a little shiny. is this side the top surface of the...

01 February 2018 7,868 9 View

Why water does not reach to the edge of the blade while sectioning in ultramicrotome?

when i want to try thick sectioning of my sample, I fill in the tray with water bu even with angular and axial regulations and also filling and vacuuming water , it does not wet the upper part !...

31 December 2017 6,374 6 View

What are the techniques for adherence improvement between polymer thin film (water soluble ones) and metal surfaces?

I need to cover a metal surface with a thin layer of a water soluble polymer and this layer should adhere very well and not separate , also no-toxic ... what are the feasible methods?please...

31 December 2017 3,620 10 View

Is it possible to use membranes of diameter lower than 5 cm in Sterlitech setup?

my membranes are produced about 4.5 cm . is it possible to test them by a sterlitech HP4750 cell with some modifications of the setup?

11 December 2017 3,742 2 View

How to get more homogeneous membrane while casting ?

when we are using phase inversion method, how can we avoid formation of holes in the film casting on a glass slide? what parameters are effective?

09 October 2017 4,670 1 View

Should we ignore inertia force acting on nanparticles against viscose force in static fluid?

when we have nanoparticles in a polymeric solvent and it is not moving (hydrostatic), should we consider inertia for the particles negligible vs viscose forces? - and how would that be in case of...

08 September 2017 2,290 4 View

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

What analysis to choose with a large neste dataset and clearly skewed or kurtotic distributions?

Hello! I have a dataset of n=3000 nested within 8 countries with approximately 200 or 400 responses in each country. I originally planned to perform multilevel modelling with 4 dependent variables...

02 March 2021 6,865 1 View

How to polymerize TEOS?

I want to polymerize TEOS on a surface. I know that NH4OH is a preferred catalyst and an alcoholic solvent should be used .But I can not find certain amounts of each material to use. Does any one...

02 March 2021 1,404 6 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View