What is the reason for the ultrafiltration PVDF membrane flux reduction by increasing the membrane presence time in the water bath from 1 to 5 days?

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Is there any graph to determine the membrane pore size based on its BSA rejection percent?

Dear researchers, It is clear that BSA protein is the most common solute for membrane performance examination. However, there is no reference to check the MWCO of the membranes based on BSA...

29 April 2020 6,148 3 View

Can DMAc, NMP, DMF, TEP, DMSO, Formamide, Acetone, as organic solvents, dissolve a few drops of an oil?

Dear researchers, The mentioned solvents are organic solvents and it is thought that they can dissolve the oils. If they are not capable to do this, what is the reason? Regards DMAc:...

25 February 2020 140 2 View

EEG connectivity calculation via HERMES toolbox ?

Hello everyone I am currently trying to calculate phase lock value for my EEG data with the help of the HERMES toolbox in Matlab. I have a total of 48 subjects with different channel location...

04 January 2020 5,220 1 View

How can we calculate the amount of residual non-solvent (pore-former) additives in the membranes?

Dear researcher, We all use the non-solvent additives to improve the structure and performance of the polymeric membranes. However, the non-solvent additives can be easily washed out quickly with...

29 December 2019 5,366 1 View

What is the software that is used for adjusting and labeling the images for journal articles?

Dear researchers, I want to put my SEM photos together to have a picture like the attached photos for my article. Could you please guide me what is the software that I can use? Regards

16 December 2019 4,165 12 View

Which laboratories or institutes in Iran are able to determine estrogen hormone concentrations?

Dear researchers, I want to determine the estrogen hormone concentration in water. Where is the special laboratory to do this in Iran? Could you please guide me? Best regards

11 December 2019 2,829 2 View

What are these white bubbles on the surface of the SEM micrographs?

Dear researchers, There are some white bubbles on the surface of the SEM micrographs. What are these particles? Kind regards Foroogh

25 November 2019 5,365 3 View

How to make the brittle polymeric membranes more flexible and soft?

It is reported that PES/DMSO membranes are too brittle. Is there any method or additive to make them more flexible? Regards

18 October 2019 1,576 6 View

Can you introduce an accessible and inexpensive natural surfactant?

Dear researchers, The surfactants are extracted from the nature are more useful. Can any one introduce an available cheap (herbal) surfactant to produce water/oil emulsion? Thank you so much....

08 March 2019 4,539 7 View

Has anyone installed the Amira Avizo software?

Dear Researchers, I need a 3D photo of a porous material such as attached one only to show the porosity, not for analyzing porous materials. Can any one help me? Regards Foroogh

19 October 2018 7,403 6 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

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

POlymer+DMSO solution and moisture??

What could be the reason of moisture at the sides of Vial when I am preparing my polmyer+DMSO solution for membrane fabrication? What etiquettes I am possibly missing here?

28 February 2021 6,516 5 View

Necessary tube lenght to cool Natural gas in a dry-ice cooling bath?

I have a tank which contains natural gas at 250 Bar and 293 Kelvin. I want to cool the gas in a dry-ice cooling bath to about 195 Kelvin. The gas will flow in a copper-tube through the bath with a...

27 February 2021 8,128 1 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

IF troubleshooting: looking at an intracellular protein that localizes to the cell's and how to reduce increase in signal due to cell ruffles?

I am currently trying to stain for PI3KBeta in MDA-MB-231 cells. My current issue is that 1) beta stains all over the cell and 2) there is an increase in signal at the edge of the cell and this...

24 February 2021 8,582 1 View

To date, according to health authorities, 30% of the population's diseases are initiated by drinking water pollution. Do you know this problem?

The main studies are as follows: * regular and timely receipt of information about the state of the environment using automated systems (stationary and mobile); * operational analysis of the...

23 February 2021 912 5 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View