Patent first and publish later or publish first and Patent later: Which one would you support and why?

When scientist(s) invents something new, either an item or a process, s/he is advised to patent the invention and publish the research work (leading to the invention) later. Conversely, recent...

26 October 2020 978 9 View

To measure social innovation intent among students what is the right questionnaire and research methodology to publish a quality research work?

I am planning to do research on social entrepreneurship and social innovation intent among youth, especially technical students. In this context is there any standard model that can be tested...

07 September 2020 8,237 4 View

Can someone help me with documents on Artificial Intelligence tools for remote sensing and GIS analysis?

Please do consider new tools over the already known, or improvements on the existing machine learning tools for earth observation and spatial analysis. Software packages to consider should include...

06 September 2020 9,790 4 View

Why zeta potential gets more negative values with increasing the concentration of monovalent salts from 1mM to 10mM?

For silica particles (size 1-5 um), with increasing the concentration of monovalent salts (NaF, NaCl, NaBr, NaI, etc.) from 1mM to 10 mM, more negative electrophoretic mobility(EM) and...

05 August 2020 3,608 5 View

Help with Direct ELISA?

Hi, I am trying to do a direct ELISA for mouse IGF-1 (only standards for now), however I am facing technical issues with obtaining a lower blank value and a linear graph. I am doing the following...

03 August 2020 6,260 11 View

What are the ways to make Manuscript review rewarding?

As an author and a member of editorial boards of some scientific journals, I have observed the growing concern on the delay in manuscript review due the difficulty in finding suitable and willing...

03 August 2020 5,056 9 View

How ethical it is to publish research works in pandemic issues for which the outcomes are still explorative?

11 May 2020 375 2 View

Looking for Laboratory to do Radio-Isotope dating of groundwater at minimal charges?

I am looking for a laboratory to do radio- isotope dating of groundwater samples at reasonable charges I am currently working on groundwater dating to determine the age and source of groundwater....

25 March 2020 6,790 3 View

How can GIS be used to track and project the spread of Covid-19?

What spatial tools can be used to analyze the spread of the new coronavirus? What models can be adopted and what spatial epidemiology can be used to study the spread across the globe. Many thanks...

11 March 2020 10,110 13 View

Can anyone help me with methods to validate InVEST software quantified ecosystem services?

There are a few papers on this. Kindly provide both pdf and weblinks of studies in this respect. Many thanks.

05 March 2020 3,001 2 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

How to improve the adhesion between germanium and silicon monoxide thin film layers using EBEAM evaporation?

I want to deposit multilayer coating of germanium and silicon monoxide on silicon wafer using ebeam evaporation?

21 February 2021 2,141 3 View

How can I measure the thickness of thin layers deposited on textured glass susbtrates?

I want to measure the thickness of aluminum oxide and titanium oxide layers deposited on textured glass substates. The layer thicknesses are typically below 100nm.

21 February 2021 5,465 4 View

How do I calculate absorption coefficient of my thin film if I dont know the thickness? Or how can I calculate the thickness of my sample?

I have done Uv-vis characterisation of my thin film and have received absorbance and transmittance data. Now I want to calculate the absorption coefficient but I dont know the thickness of my...

21 February 2021 7,148 8 View

How to construct different filler shape in MD simulations?

Is there any way to construct different initial filler shapes like triangle, square, rectangle, pillar, and tube in any simulation software.

20 February 2021 1,750 1 View

Can fractal dimension of thin film surfaces affects the electrons energy states?

As fractal dimension of a thin film surface implies the irregularity in the surface. Is it possible that the energy states of the electrons are also affected by the fractal dimension?

19 February 2021 5,509 3 View

What is the reason film thickness increased?

what is the reason film thickness increased when increased doping concentrations give some reasons The measured film thickness is 156, 282, 394, 548 and 681 nm for 0, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 wt....

17 February 2021 8,987 5 View