How to (seriously) read a scientific paper?

02 March 2016 1,705 2 View

Is there any measurable benefit of publishing as Preprints?

What is possible legitimacy of publishing in such a way. Does it have any same value as that published in Journals or is it just to show that one has done some work ahead of any other in that...

01 February 2016 3,826 4 View

Does changing in vol of DMSO, Polymerase buffer and or pfu solution affect bands appearance?

I have the problem of appearance of nan-specific bands when I change the volume of DMSO, Pfu, Polymerase buffer and or DW in sample solution for PCR. I also change the annealing temperature due to...

09 October 2015 2,784 5 View

What is meant by a solar hybrid water treatment system or device?

08 September 2014 1,414 7 View

HPLC-UV method for analysis of Trypsin and/or Chymotrypsin?

06 July 2014 5,142 1 View

What is the usefulness of HPLC method development software?

Talking with colleagues, it seems that the possible usefulness of an HPLC method development software repeatedly comes into the analyst's mind during the development of a tough HPLC/UPLC assay....

03 April 2014 6,574 1 View

What would be the best ratio of AgNO3:PVP+PEG?

What would be the best ratio of AgNO3:PVP+PEG, so as to have complete reduction of my precursor and also get 100% capped NPs?

31 December 2013 2,696 2 View

How can I get the double divisor ratio spectra?

How can I get the double divisor ratio spectra method for ternary components analysis, while using double beam 1650PC Shimadzu spectrophotometer, I can not understand the methods produced in few...

31 December 2013 2,662 1 View

Why is the reduction process in forced degradation studies for API/drug product not performed?

In forced degradation studies for API/drug product we are performing hydrolysis (acid, base & water), Oxidation, Photolysis and thermal degradation conditions. But why we are not performing reduction.

31 December 2013 9,249 5 View

What is meant by different colours of Silver NPs?

I have developed Silver NPs with PEG-PVP combinations but sometimes I get various coloration changes, I do not understand which colour is the endpoint of my reaction between precursor and reducing...

31 December 2013 9,878 8 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

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

How to compare different concentrations of nanoparticles for characterization from ICP-MS?

I took measurements of different concentrations of 15 nm and 5 nm Au nano particle solutions. I'm trying to determine which concentration I measured gives the best reading overall. I also...

02 March 2021 7,626 1 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Do anyone here can help us in the field of molecular docking?

We have synthesized various metal complexes with different environment around the metals. Now to see the application of synthesized complexes we need this study also. we are also interested in...

01 March 2021 1,899 2 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View