PVDF membrane degradation?

Hi, I'm performing western blots on different samples and I'm facing a some problems after eletrotrasnfer with PVDF membranes. In general, during the incubations with the primary and secondary...

18 November 2020 6,412 7 View

What to do when you found a published paper that doesn't belong to you but has your name as the author?

I found a published paper online (attached here) that bears mine and colleague's names as authors but the paper doesn't belong to us. The work was claimed to be carried out in Kenya. We are in...

22 March 2020 4,860 7 View

Do you know a (validated) instrument for the assessment of state embarassment?

I've found quite a few scales for vicarious and personal embarassibility as a personality trait so far (i. e. Kelly & Jones, 1997; Maltby & Day, 2000; Uysal et al., 2014...). As I'd like...

24 February 2020 8,142 4 View

Are Peak Areas of different silylations comparable?

If I have an analyte, that has different silylations, like 2-TMS and 3-TMS, how can I compare the peak areas? Can I simply sum them up? What if theres a different ratio of 2-TMS/3-TMS in my...

03 December 2019 273 4 View

What is a good topic for Blockchain applications in IoT?

Hello everyone, at the moment I'm looking for a topic for my bachelor thesis. I was thinking about Blockchain and Smart Contracts for cyber-physical Systems, in order to use it for Smart Factory...

23 October 2019 3,694 5 View

How to carry out western blotting for a 233 kDa protein effectively?

Hi, I want to carry out western blotting for a 233 kDa protein. I was told to use a tris-acetate gel due to the size of the protein. However, I was wandering would I be able to detect the...

25 March 2019 6,308 4 View

How to set up Coupled Displacement Boundary Conditions in COMSOL?

Dear Community, I recently switched from ANSYS Mechanical to COMSOL Multiphysics. So far I was able to transfer my models to the new platform but I yet miss one feature of ANSYS in COMSOL. I hope...

29 January 2019 4,937 3 View

SpeedVac of DNA and salt concentrations: downstream effects?

I often use a speed vacuum concentrator to concentrate my DNA prior to restriction digests, DNA ligations, NGS library preparation or target captures. Usually, my DNA is eluted in 10 mM Tris-Cl...

13 November 2018 6,049 3 View

How do I calculate NDVI images with different thresholds using Sentinel-2 image?

I want to set different thresholds for calculating the NDVI images using Sentinel-2 for the purposes of fishing out river sediments in the Dry and Wet seasons. I am using the Semi-automatic...

05 November 2018 694 2 View

Can water conditioning with carbohydrazide lead to carbonate SCC of high strength steel?

26 September 2018 9,648 3 View

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 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

How to polymerize TEOS?

I want to polymerize TEOS on a surface. I know that NH4OH is a preferred catalyst and an alcoholic solvent should be used .But I can not find certain amounts of each material to use. Does any one...

02 March 2021 1,404 6 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

can I treat waste water containing solvents and alcohol with electrocoagulation?

there are solvents and alcohol in the waste water of a factory that produces disinfectants. Increasing this waste water requires very serious operations. Can I treat this waste water with...

27 February 2021 2,609 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 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