Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

Can we mix elemental powders of 325 mesh using an agate mortar and pestle?

Elemental Powders like Titanium, vanadium, tungsten, zirconium, hafnium.

04 January 2021 7,357 1 View

How to run spin polarized calculations in quantum espresso?

I would like to run spin polarized calculation using quantum espresso. Is it important to add spin polarization in calculating the wavefunction cutoff, K point convergence and geometrical...

17 November 2020 7,604 2 View

MAX phase synthesis?

We are having titanium, aluminium and graphite powders. But we don't have ball milling facility in our lab. Can we mix these manually using mortar and pestle for obtaining MAX phase powders? How...

16 November 2020 3,436 4 View

Material simulation of Concrete damage plasticity model(CDP), In abaqus?

09 November 2020 268 2 View

How to respond to the comments from multiple reviewers?

I have received comments from three reviewers. many of the comments are similar. do i have to respond to the comments of all the three reviewers individually or can i write a consolidated...

15 October 2020 9,220 4 View

Testing endogeneity in the model through VAR ?

I have the panel data regression model for which have to test the endogeneity. i read one research paper which was using Vector Autoregression (VAR) to test the endogeneity. in that paper, it...

03 October 2020 877 3 View

Enzyme assays of mutant GBA cell lines ?

How do i measure the enzyme activity of human GBA in cos 7 cells that have been transfected with mutant plamids. After 24 hours of plating cells in a 12 well plate, I transfect cos 7 cells with...

30 August 2020 4,496 3 View

How to describe mixed occupancies in the Quantum espresso input file?

I am having trouble describing partial occupancy in the input file. One of the site is occupied by two atoms with (50% occupancy). when I generate input file, the other atom is getting ignored....

19 April 2020 9,383 3 View

Antimicrobial properties of metal oxide nanoparticles?

08 April 2020 3,013 5 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 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

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

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View