Which type of coating can be applied on PDMS to avoid adsorption?

Surfactants, BSA and some micro/nano particles get adsorbed on the surfaces of PDMS. I have come across Paralyene - C coating, which can be applied to avoid adsorption. I would like to know about...

01 February 2018 3,874 0 View

Is it possible to deposit a stable dielectric layer (SiO2) over PDMS?

I would like to deposit thin film (50 - 100 nm) of SiO2 over PDMS substrate to passivate it from some solutions. I did that deposition using a dielectric sputter. It seems like a thin layer formed...

04 May 2017 3,842 3 View

How to use gradient-based mesh adaption in Fluent?

10 November 2016 3,123 3 View

Does de-ionized water change color of a substrate coated with some chemical?

Out of curiosity, I would like to know whether any chemical coating on a substrate change its color when de-ionized water touches it. Precisely, if I pass some water through a microchannel in...

09 October 2016 7,253 3 View

How to remove Silane residue from PDMS?

31 December 2015 1,600 6 View

Any advice on the force experienced by a wall caused by a moving vortex?

11 December 2015 9,450 5 View

How can I calculate the strength of vortex in Joules?

I would like to evaluate the strength of vortex in lid driven cavity flow. i am simulating the cases in Fluent. Although stream function (m^2/s)indicates the strength of vortex, I want to know...

10 November 2015 633 4 View

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

08 May 2021 0 0 View

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

08 May 2021 0 0 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 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

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View