Does IAD coating degrade over time compared to IBS coating?

17 January 2016 5,867 2 View

What is the origin of interference patterns generated by a laser diode?

Hi, I'm using a regular cheap low-power laser diode followed by a collimating lens and see several interference patterns on the laser spot (see attached pic). I know these patterns do not...

01 April 2015 6,306 13 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 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 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

Do you kow of any database containing data on retention time, log P and polarizability for a large number of molecules?

Hi, I am a chemistry undergraduate doing my dissertation project on HPLC. In my project, I need to predict the HPLC retention time of 20 aromatic molecules, the calibration set. To do this I will...

24 February 2021 2,602 1 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Are there any known solvothermal methods to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets using solvents other than water (like ethanol/ethanol-water mixture) ?

I need to synthesize MoS2 nanosheets by alternate methods without pure water as a solvent.

22 February 2021 9,246 1 View

How to seperate PEG-4000 from aqueuse phase ?

Hello everyone , Please tell me if It possible to seperat POlyethelyn glycol -4000 from an aqueuse media by other ways rather heating . I have tried salting out by electrolyte solution to...

22 February 2021 7,285 5 View

What is the best etching method for Mg-Ca alloy?

I have used Picral etchant (4.2 g Picric acid, 10 mL Acetic acid, 70 mL Ethanol, 10 mL distilled water) but it didn't work. Is there any alternative?

21 February 2021 2,558 5 View

Can ethanol be used as an analgesic?

If ethanol has analgesic properties, why isn't it used for clinical purposes?

18 February 2021 8,227 4 View