What is the harmless way of cutting epoxy filled nanocomposite ?

I want to cut epoxy filled nanocomposite for FE-SEM analysis. What is the best way to cut it without resulting in any cracks or change in position or alignment of the particle reinforcement ? Also...

28 January 2021 7,084 5 View

How to prepare the sample of polymer nanocomposite for SEM analysis ?

Does Epoxy clay nanocomposite sample require surface preparation. I am going for Gold sputtering to make the surface conductive. I guess there is no need to clean or polish the surface beneath the...

04 January 2021 1,943 8 View

How to measure diffusion coefficient of filled polymers other than standard immersion tests that consume lot of time and resource ?

Diffusion coefficient of filled polymers are experimentally determined by standard water immersion test (ASTM D570). This will enable us to determine percentage increase in weight with respect to...

15 November 2020 9,790 4 View

What is the difference between permeability and diffusivity ?

In polymer clay nanocomposites, researchers have studied water absorption by measuring the weight of specimen periodically when immersed in water. Diffusion coefficients are measured. How is...

29 October 2020 1,422 10 View

What could be the maximum amplitude in a ultrasonication process ?

If I can limit the temperature build up during the ultrasonication process, can I increase the amplitude from 30 to 100 % and observe the changes in the prepared nanocomposite. Some people are of...

12 March 2020 2,503 3 View

How to produce epoxy and epoxy nanocomposite free or free standing films ?

In order to analyze epoxy neat and nanocomposite coatings in SEM, AFM, etc. I need free or free-standing films. How do I produce them? Basically, if I coat the epoxy nanocomposite on a substrate,...

17 December 2019 3,367 5 View

Where can I buy air bubble release agent for epoxy from (only ones in India reply) ?

I found air bubbles in the cured epoxy coatings. I do not have a vacuum oven, vacuum pump, thinky mixer, etc. in order to remove the entrapped air. I came to know that there are bubble release...

11 December 2019 185 3 View

How to remove solvent without the aid of any equipment ?

After preparing epoxy clay nanocomposite using the solution intercalation method, how can the solvent be removed? I do not have a vacuum oven, vacuum pump, degassing equipment, etc. Are there any...

29 November 2019 4,076 2 View

Is afra heavy duty silicone spray or release agent compatible with epoxy ?

Application: to peel out epoxy coating from mild steel or glass substrate Basically I am going to apply epoxy coating on a substrate. But since I want to peel out the coating for further AFM/SEM...

20 November 2019 5,057 1 View

What is the glass transition temperature of LY 556 epoxy cured with HY 951 cured in room temperature for one week ?

I have used LY 556 and HY 951 in a 10:1 ratio and cured at room temperature for one week. Has anyone determined the glass transition temperature for this combination when cured at room temperature?

11 October 2019 3,393 3 View

How to address this issue in the analysis of Real-Time PCR results?

To dear Researchers, I was analyzing a series of concentration for estimation of Real-Time PCR efficiency. The concentration was 1:10. I used MS-excel to evaluate Slope. The result of slope was -8...

01 March 2021 8,683 4 View

Can I download BibExcel for MacOs?

Hi everyone, I would like to ask how I can download BibExcel software for MacOs? There are some links which are supported by Windows but I could not find it for Mac. or is there any other software...

01 March 2021 652 1 View

Anyone with some Transgenomic Wavemaker software? Seeking help from the chromatography community?

I am trying to seek out some Transgenomic Wavemaker software (happy to purchase a computer too) to operate a fraction collector. The only way to connect to the fraction collector so far is to...

23 February 2021 9,181 1 View

Best excel chart to compare algorithms' running time?

Hi I want to compare the running time of robotic path planning algorithms. The grid size is 8X8. I have 100 scenarios of start and goal positions.. Each scenario is run in three obstacles ratio...

22 February 2021 621 1 View

How to open an old ".MTS" file containing spectroscopic data?

Hi supreme hive-mind of the internet, we have some old *.MTS files that are supposed to contain spectroscopic data, probably some coordinates and a long list of single line spectra. Basically,...

16 February 2021 9,385 2 View

Room Occupancy Calculation ?

15 February 2021 1,997 6 View

How to check if the PMF profile obtained from ABF simulation is correct?

I am doing ABF simulations to calculate ligand binding enegy. The PMF profile that I get using single long ABF simulation is attached as pmf_total.png. When I do this ABF calculation with 10...

10 February 2021 4,170 2 View

What is the Greedy windowed algorithm description?

Hi Dear Ph. D., I have carefully read your paper on anomaly detection in smart meters. Unfortunately, the research does not decribe the greedy windowed algorithm, neither its complexity, nor the...

10 February 2021 2,462 3 View

Review Papers regarding transcriptional regulations & promoter types/classes in Gram positive bacteria?

Dear fellow researchers, Could you please suggest me excellent review papers discussing transcriptional regulations and/or promoter classes in Gram positive bacteria? Thank you so much for your help!

08 February 2021 6,909 3 View

How to incorporate Monte Carlo simulation in for a real trading data?

Hello, My area of research is to valuate Exchange option (Margrabe option). I am looking for Monte Carlo simulation technique that can be applied to some real trading data. I have evaluated them...

05 February 2021 1,605 4 View