Is it legal to add full papers in researchgate?

I am a bit confused about uploading full papers in the reserachgate due to the copyright violation. Is there a legal procedure to upload papers in RG? If uploaded without copyright permission,...

10 November 2017 8,134 2 View

Reason behind epitaxial and polycrystalline growth [substrate effect]

Lattice matched single crystal substrates result in the epitaxial growth of materials. This is due to the less strain in the crystal, thereby exhibiting the material in a low energy state. On the...

07 August 2017 8,799 5 View

Easiest way to detect Hydrogen (in micro mol)

07 August 2017 9,459 6 View

Why huge variation in the amount to be paid for Open Access publishing?

The cost of publishing in Open Access journal varies from a few hundred (e.g. RSC Advances) to a few thousand USD (Nat. Commun.). It is understood that the assisting people/employees (not the...

07 August 2017 4,070 3 View

Discussion on Mott-Schottky analysis

Dear All, I have a suggestion and open query to all the electrochemistry researchers regarding a major flaw associated with Mott-Schottky analysis and presenting wrong data in numerous prestigious...

05 June 2017 9,910 5 View

Interpretation of material degradation in photoelectrodes from LSV plot

A plateau in current during linear sweep voltammetry can be inferred to the diffusion controlled reaction. The fact is that linear sweep voltammetry of a light absorbing material (in electrodes...

01 January 1970 5,611 2 View

Is it possible to obtain large BET surface area of metallic Cu

Metallic Cu is a good catalyst for catalytic conversion of carbonaceous compounds, where C-C bond should be retained and C-O bond cleaves. A few such reactions are hydrogenolysis of glycerol to...

01 January 1970 9,320 4 View

Why can't make aluminum nitride film successfully by use sputter?

We use reactive sputtering process to make aluminum nitride film, and want to make c-axis aluminum nitride film on a silicon substrate, but the crystal orientation cannot be seen with...

03 March 2021 7,975 3 View

Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

Sutter electrode holder leaking after applying positive pressure. How to fix?

I am using a Sutter electrode holder for my patch clamp experiments, but I'm having trouble keeping positive pressure inside my electrode due to a leak out of the back of the holder. I have added...

02 March 2021 5,829 1 View

What thickness need for ITO to use as conductive layer?

I want to do RF sputtering of ITO on glass substrate using magnetron sputtering. what thickness do i need to make it good conductive layer to use it for PSC. Moreover, whats about thickness of...

01 March 2021 395 3 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

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

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

What is the indication of the absence of peaks in Methanol electrooxidation CV curves ?

I have several question regarding the MOR; hope anyone help me better understand. 1- in CV using (KOH+MEOH) what is the indication of absence of the redox peaks? shouldn't they exist as a sign...

28 February 2021 4,851 8 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View