How to use graphene synthesis in membrane fabrication?

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How can you benefit from the pores of individual nanofibers in a nanofiber membrane/mat obtained via electrospinning?

Electrospun fiber mats are normally highly porous. During electrospinning process one can control the pores on individual nanofibers which depends on operating parameters such as relative...

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Dear Colleagues, I have recently come across a statement that "Wi-Fi: A Silent Killer That Kills Us Slowly" What is the fact?

In this electronic world, Wi-Fi is definitely helpful to connect all of us together. At the same time the below link is really shocking that Wi-Fi signals are adversely affecting our...

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What do you mean by active learning and passive learning?

What do you mean by active learning and passive learning? Which one you promote? and why?

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How can you synthesize Silicenes? Silicene and Graphene?

How can you synthesize Silicenes? I would appreciate it if you could suggest methods for fabricating Silicene nanotubes. How is Silicene similar to Graphene?

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Why do faculties/researchers publish?

To get fame and prestige? To get funding? And/or what else?

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Are there any other alternatives for the Journal Impact Factor?

I have heard about Journal Usage Factor (JUF), it replaces downloads for citations. What about Eigen factor?

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What is most important in research? Theoretical modeling/simulation or experimental research?

I love experimental research. Modeling and simulation could strengthen the experimental data and they are complementary.

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Can you suggest some methods to increase the hydrophobicity and surface roughness of a polymeric membrane surface?

Can you suggest some methods to increase the hydrophobicity and surface roughness of a polymeric membrane surface? Is it possible to make the surface of a hydrophilic polymeric membrane in to...

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Can anyone suggest different applications of electrospun PVDF nanofibers?

Can anyone suggest different applications of electrospun PVDF nanofibers? I am using them in water separation processes. Suggestions for other applications and references are much...

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If you have a research article, what part of that article will you read first?

If you have a research article, what part of that article will you read first? (a) Abstract (b) Conclusions (c) Last part of Introduction (d) Experimental (e) Results and Discussion.

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

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Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

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What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

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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...

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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...

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How Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

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How can you bring two structures together to create an adhesive bond in LAMMPS?

I have created an Ice 1h crystalline structure and an Aluminium substrate structure and equilibrated both at 250K. Now I need to bring them together in a way that an adhesive bond is created....

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

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Sanosh Padmanabhan Kunjalukkal

you can make it from Commercially-available expandable graphite ﬂakes (GIC), whic is intercalated with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid . This mixture has to heated at 700 (EG) flakes. These EG ﬂakes sonicated in acetone and dried in air leading to expanded and sonicated graphene stacks.