By which mechanism does potassium hyrdoxide works as an activator in the preparation of activated carbon?

Activated carbon is prepared from biomass using KOH as the activating agent. What is the possible reaction between KOH and the biomass?

14 February 2021 8,095 4 View

Lipid structures disappear upon negative stainging. Does anyone knows this effect?

13 December 2020 1,559 3 View

Cryo-EM Vitrobot settings for large lipid structures. How can I reduce ice thicknes?

Dear all, I have an issue figuring out good plunging conditions for large lipid structures: I have carbon coated C-Flat 2/2 400mesh copper grids with large (elongated) lipid structures on it....

13 December 2020 6,696 2 View

Can I use lentiviral packaging HEK293T cell lines to produce stable clones?

Hi, I generally made LV in HEK293T cell lines by triple transfection. I am wondering whether the newly generated LV will transduce the packaging HEK293T. In this way I could exploit the...

09 September 2020 6,333 3 View

Which software is the best for scientific presentations in which equations occupy a big part of it?

I usually use Beamer, in which equations are easy to write (and I already have them in Latex) but it's too static and rigid. In Powerpoint it is impossible to write the equations, it takes a lot...

15 July 2020 8,260 3 View

How to calculate the max Jsc for a given Eg using spectral irradiance [W/(m2*eV)] data?

I'm calculating the max available Jsc as a function of bandag Eg. For that I'm using the following integral: Jsc=q*int(f(Eph)*EQE.dEph) from Eg to \inf With: q=1C/eV f(Eph) Spectral Irradiance...

07 July 2020 5,873 4 View

Should studies published in predatory journals be included in systematc reviews?

I am conducting a systematic review of intervention, and i observed that one included study could determine the statistical significance of the final meta-analysis. Problem is, that article has...

13 April 2020 922 9 View

OCR system for phonetic (IPA) symbols?

I need to convert manually annotated IPA transcriptions into digital format. Does anybody know of an OCR system able to recognise IPA symbols (even just for English phonemes)?

25 March 2020 5,982 0 View

Is it possible to read the deformation field file produced by SPM during normalization?

If (x,y,z) are the voxel coordinates of a point of the brain scan before normalization, what is its position after applying the deformation field generated during the normalization?

19 February 2020 10,004 3 View

Inverted current Mirror connection in LM741?

Analyzing the topology of the LM741 , the current mirror (Q8-Q9) that bias the first stage of the op. amp. is not connected as usual (see the red circle on the picture). Curiosly, this way to...

24 January 2020 8,419 2 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 calculate the annealing temperature of a primer pair?

I have to amplify a gene and my primers just reached. The Tm for Forward primer is 64.2, and that of reverse primer is 65.5. Can some one suggest how to get the best annealing temperature? Thanks...

01 March 2021 360 7 View

Covid 19 Pandemic ' impact on digital transformation?

Covid 19 Pandemic and digital transformation

22 February 2021 3,351 5 View

Is it okay to mention you distributed your qualitrics study link through social media sites?

Just want to be clear and know it is okay to say I have distributed the qualitrics link through social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to ensure my target audience is reached in my...

21 February 2021 5,143 2 View

Who are the possible experts I can reach out to regarding the reseach topic: Activated Carbon as Water Filter?

Hi! Me and my team mates are currently new in doing a research study. We do not have any previous experiences in research. And we just wanted to know what type of experts (the field they in) can...

19 February 2021 9,596 4 View

Small displacement measurement in vacuum?

Hello, I have a question. there is a circular thin foil which vibrates in vacuum, the foil restricted and moves up and down. it is like a diaphragm between two pipes . both sides are in vacuum but...

18 February 2021 8,075 3 View

What are the best cations for preparing competent cells, Ca2+ or Mg2+?

I have been reading various articles and most state that treatment with CaCl2 produces higher efficiency of transformation than MgCl2. Can anyone explain why Ca2+ is better than Mg2+ at...

16 February 2021 8,519 5 View

Is the logarithmic transformation a necessary step in time series analysis ?

Hello, I'm checking if the log-tranformation of time series data is a necessary step; We all know the aim of such transformation, but in every study (in time series analysis) we found the authors...

15 February 2021 5,655 14 View

Comsol Maximum number of Newton iterations reached?

Comsol is investigating deformation due to gravity. Gravity is applied to the nanosheets to check for displacement and stress. If I input the Young's modulus of the channel to about 1 [GPa], the...

15 February 2021 6,027 3 View

How much amount of DNA (ligation mix) should I use for transformation?

Hi Fellow Scientists! I am trying to clone my 300 bp insert into a 6 kb vector. I run a few different ligation reactions using (1:3 vector: insert molar ratios) 10, 20,30, and 40 ng/ul vector...

15 February 2021 9,563 6 View