My polymer is glassy solid yet stuck to whatmann fiter paper. how can I obtain my polymer?

I precipitated the polymer in methanol and then tried to filter the polymer. However, my polymer stuck to whatman filter paper. how can I obtain the polymer now?

08 September 2018 373 2 View

I was not able to isolate the product from the DMSO . Please help me how to do it?

I want to synthesize the exo norbornene alcohol as was described in the reference.Macromolecules 2005, 38, 9455-9465. the problem is that I was not able to remove the DMSO solvent. Please help me...

06 July 2018 3,925 3 View

Can I dry macromonomers with Norbornene end cap at 120 degrees centigrade for 4 hours?

I synthesized polymers of PEO with different molecular weights with Norbornene end cap. I want to dry the sample in order to perform for the Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization. Can I dry my...

05 June 2018 2,273 4 View

Is silica gel soluble/partially soluble in acetone?

we need to purify the pyrrolidone derivatives. When we checked the TLC, the compound Has Rf of 0.6 in acetone. But other solvents showed no movement of the spot from the base line. However, when I...

05 June 2018 2,345 3 View

Can we really trust the procedures published in the scientific journals?

I found that many procedures reported in the journals are not reproducable even when same conditions are maintained? why is it so?

10 November 2017 1,852 2 View

How to prepare 1, 1-Dipheynylmethyl Potassium ?

I want to prepare DPMK initiator for my polymerizations. Please give me a pdf file of the journal necessary.

08 September 2017 384 4 View

Is the refractive index of both monomer and polymer same?

07 August 2017 4,315 4 View

How to remove moisture from the polyethers?

I synthesized polyethylene glycol. I need to remove moisture from the polymer. T tried freeze drying but it didn't work please suggest me some other method which removes moisture. Thanking You in...

07 August 2017 2,411 9 View

Please let me know about the good practical books for learning glass blowing techniques.?

glass blowing for Schlenk techniques

03 April 2016 943 2 View

Can anyone help me in converting micromolar concentration into ppb and ppm?

Please explain in detail so that I can figure out the calculation with full knowledge.

02 March 2015 9,968 9 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

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

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

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

How do I determine the degree of polymerization of PEG 400 based on NMR integration?

Hello, I am working on the photocatalytic degradation of PEG 400. I would like to know if it's possible to determine the degree on polymerization based on NMR integration, or by the MW of the...

02 March 2021 6,186 3 View