Is this 6GHz wifi antenna create complexity at the time of febrication?

I have design a 6GHz antenna for wifi.The feed line width is 2mm and there are 2 parasitic elements beside this feed line with 1 mm gap.Is there any problem at the time of febrication?

04 February 2021 9,241 3 View

How can you make a PEDOT:PSS film using the doctor blade technique?

I have been trying to make an even PEDOT: PSS (PH1000) film with the doctor blade technique (tape casting) with varying results. I have been using a silicon substrate that's treated with piranha...

01 February 2021 8,506 5 View

How robust are open source soil moisture sensors connected to an arduino board for field monitoring?

Seeking recent experiences in the development and deployment of low-cost soil moisture sensors (ideally under $50/sensor) connected to arduino-based dataloggers. What is the longetivity of the...

19 January 2021 6,256 2 View

How to separate a mixture of organic acids by GC?

I would like to develop a method for analysis of many organic acids in the same time. how to separate the chromatographic peaks of each one?

20 December 2020 8,399 3 View

Should I keep the missing values > 50%?

I have a data set of 771 sample size. But some of the variables (laboratory findings like ALT, AST, creatinie level) have more than 50% missing values. Should I drop those? But I think those...

13 December 2020 4,847 3 View

How to Strip off HSQ( Fox 16) after etching?

We are finding a hard time to strip of residual HSQ ( Fox 16) after using it as a mask in etching? We are coating 600 nm thick HSQ and writing with 3000 microC/cm^2 dose at 1 nA current. We are...

08 December 2020 5,452 2 View

Why the oral cancer cell line from metastatic tongue origin is showing less aggressive property?

I am working with oral cancer cell line SCC090 (ATCC). As per ATCC data sheet it is originated from metastatic tongue. It's primary site is not mentioned. Due to the origination from metastatic...

08 December 2020 5,674 3 View

In case of larger sample size (more than 700 sample) can I do t-test though the data is not normally distributed?

My sample size is more than 750 but sk test is showing non-normal distribution. The variables have several outliers but I shouldn't remove those. In that case what should I do? t-test or other...

06 December 2020 1,285 19 View

Why the western blot of HIF1alpha of the whole cell lysate shows intense band under normoxia without any induction of hypoxia?

I am working with oral cancer cell lines and trying to find the expressional changes of HIF1alpha under different experimental treatment. I am getting intense band of HIF1alpha in the western blot...

29 November 2020 5,707 3 View

How to calculate in-plane lattice strain for 2D material?

I am working with h-BN and need to find out the strain due to in-plane lattice constant. The famous Williamson-Hall method may not be applicable here as it analyzes XRD for calculation of strain...

19 October 2020 7,386 4 View

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

Physical-chemical formation of stalactites/stalagmites. what promotes the formation/growth of these structures?

I know, or think I do, the basic idea behind these natural structures, as from what I know they form due to water dripping from the top leaving a salt deposit behind. But started to wonder about...

22 February 2021 1,400 4 View

Is there an ideal incubation time of RGO-modified SPCE before subsequent use, i.e., electrochemical characterization or further modification?

I notice that upon washing and air-drying of my RGO/SPCE surface and characterizing again via DPV, the current response towards ferricyanide probe significantly decreases. My worry is that the...

22 February 2021 5,324 3 View

How to do a surface treatment of uncoated TiO2 with polymer?

Basically, I would like to know how to treat or coat on the uncoated bare TiO2 (Ti-OH rich) surface with polymer which has anchoring groups in the polymer structure like trimethoxygroups. What is...

21 February 2021 4,657 6 View

How to get/count refractive index in gasses?

20 February 2021 8,202 6 View

How can I measure the surface interaction or surface interfacial chemistry between polishing abrasives and upper surface of substrate ?

I am working on polishing abrasives. I need to do few characterizations ? which can provide the on time surface chemistry of substrate with polishing abrasive during optical polishing. I would...

18 February 2021 5,319 3 View

Unusually Busy Raman Background?

Hello, I am observing a nearly periodic background spectrum for a wide variety of SERS substrates. I see this response (attached below) for bare Au films, Cu films, and Au nanoparticles on...

15 February 2021 9,922 5 View

How to detect uv vis spectrum of nanoparticle under 300nm?

I try to make the indium nanoparticle and check the uv vis spectrum. I heard that In nanoparticle has surface plasmon resonance peak at 200~300nm. But most of solvent has absorption peak under...

14 February 2021 6,950 15 View

Can any one explain why the ethyl ester Biodiesel (FAEE) has higher than that of the metyl ester FAME- both of them are derived from the same oil?

Biodiesels derived from waste vegetable oil transesterification with Ethanol (FAEE) show higher peroxide values than those derived by transesterification with methanol (FAME) prepared under the...

13 February 2021 193 6 View

Which is the best silane for making a borosilicate glass surface hydrophobic permanently? and what is the protocol?

Regarding my needs I am looking for a glass coating agent that makes the glass hydrophobic permanently

09 February 2021 3,924 5 View