Request for a sample of NSERC grant application?

While I am looking for academic positions in Canada, they are constantly asking for a research proposal in NSERC format. I never had an experience of making a proposal in that format. Hence, I...

11 December 2019 3,838 2 View

Does anyone have a "tried and true" method for cleaning the thermal residue from NaH2PO2?

Whenever I pyrolyzed NaH2PO2, I am facing difficulties in cleaning the white left over residue (may be phosphates) in the tube. So, I am looking for any effective cleaning protocols to get rid of...

11 December 2019 766 7 View

Does anyone have a "tried and true" method for making MoS2 quantum dots?

Most of the literature reports that I came across are vague, especially the separation process. So, I am looking for the tried and true protocols which can yield

10 November 2019 8,434 2 View

What are the thermal degradation products of 6-mercaptopurine?

I am looking for the thermal degradation pathway and products of 6-mercaptopurine (Temp.: 200-1000 Celsius, Inert atmosphere). Any relevant reading suggestions are also much appreciated. Thanks.

03 April 2019 8,532 3 View

Does anyone have a "tried and true" method for solubilizing Guanine in ionic liquids?

I would like to dissolve (even partly) guanine in ionic liquids. Any relevant reading suggestions are also much appreciated. Thanks.

02 March 2019 3,625 3 View

Are the amino groups in nucleobases diazotizable?

I am interested to know the reactivity of -NH2 groups of nucleobases (e.g. adenine, guanine, cytosine etc) in diazotization reactions. Any relevant reading suggestions are also much...

01 February 2019 9,633 4 View

Which nucleobase has reversible redox activity?

I am looking for a nucleobase (utmost its derivative) which shows reversible redox activity. I went through some of the literature and found out that the redox features of nucleobases are very...

31 December 2018 4,681 3 View

Does anyone have a "tried and true" method for solubilizing WO3?

From literature, I found that WO3 can be solubilized in hot NH4OH. But, I am unable to find the relevant amounts and conditions. As I want to avoid HF, any relevant reading suggestions are also...

10 November 2018 7,838 2 View

What are the metal chlorides that react with water?

I am looking for the metal chlorides (preferably corrosive oxidants) that aggressively react with water to give HCl. Some of the examples that I am aware of are AlCl3, WCl4, WCl6, TaCl5, ZrCl3 and...

10 November 2018 7,065 6 View

Which lithium salt produce metallic lithium with gaseous byproducts upon thermal decomposition?

The purpose is Li-intercalation, for which, I currently use LiBH4 or n-BuLi. As these chemicals are difficult to handle, I am looking for alternatives. The temperature range I am interested in is...

09 October 2018 1,692 4 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View