How to determine potential drop for oxide film growth kinetics?

K. Listner et. al. have developed a model of oxide film growth kinetics based on the transportation of Anions, Cations and Interstitial Cations across the film. In order to use the model, one...

04 May 2019 5,909 1 View

How to dissolve Mg without dissolving the MgO in MgO/Mg/MgO thin sandwich ?

I have a sample of Oxide/Metal/Oxide sandwich of Mg and MgO. I am trying to dissolve the Mg metal and keep the MgO layer (without the risk of turning to the Hydroxide). Does anybody know any solvent?

09 October 2018 2,844 2 View

Metal Foams, Ductile Cast Iron, Oxide Bifilms?

Which one would you recommend to investigate about as a PhD Thesis and why? Please help me to choose and explain your reason briefly.

09 October 2016 3,013 4 View

Problem in Simulation of Melt and Mold Heat Transfers in Comsol

Melt is Al1050 in 800 C and Mold material is Silica Sand+Bentonite at room temperature. I tried to set temperatures with two initial values but I failed. First I used conjugate heat transfers...

31 December 2012 8,080 3 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

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

Timeout error!! Processor in the loop (PIL) using STM32F4 Matlab 2018a?

Dear Researchers I am trying to perform a PIL simulation using STM32F4 Discovery board and comunication serial USB TO TTL. During simulation I receive the following timeout error: An error...

01 March 2021 2,327 1 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

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

Mediation path analysis - Can I run two seperate models?

I am wanting to run a serial mediation model with 2 x IVs, 2 x MVs, and 3 DPs (all continuous). Is it problematic to run 2 different models for each IV, keeping the MVs and DPs the same in each...

27 February 2021 5,681 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

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

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View