How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View

What are the patterns of human behavior that lead to COVID-19 infections?

Does data from contact tracing help in establishing patterns of behavior and social interactions that lead to infections? There are cases here in the Philippines where patients have no travel...

25 February 2021 9,002 13 View

How to measure angle between laser travel path and machine axis in Laser Measurement system?

25 February 2021 1,987 3 View

Gromacs force field and water model recommended for protein hydrophobic study?

Dear All, I received a comment from reviewer about asking me selection of force field and water model. I choose OPLS-AAL and 3-point water model. They mentioned the combination of OPLS-AAL and SPC...

13 February 2021 1,364 3 View

How to eradicate the deteriorated contact resistance in the electrical or electronic devices, like SCR or contactor' pin cable ?

Through years operation, some of the devices' pins connection gradually become worse and finally burn out due to the high temperature at the connection point. We can check out these risk points...

04 February 2021 7,401 5 View

Is it possible to find out the wettability and contact angle of water on the rough or corrugated substrate?

First of all, whether it is possible to identify the presence of water and its amount on the Silicon substrate by using only FT-IR spectroscopy. Can ATR-FTIR spectroscopy find out the wettability...

03 February 2021 9,085 4 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 to perform hydrogen underpotential in hydrophobic material?

I have a working electrode composed of deposited graphene material (confirmed from Raman).The graphene is porous and has deposited Pd nanoparticles. I am trying to perform hydrogen underpotential...

01 February 2021 3,199 1 View

What could be possible reason of higher Drug Concentration of Liposomal formulation stability samples over time?

Hello Everyone! I have prepared liposomal formulation using Rotary Evaporator method followed by dialyzed the liposomal Suspension in Phosphate buffer to remove the un-encapsulated drug. After...

25 January 2021 7,752 4 View

Why polyethersulfone membrane is hydrophilic?

Polyethersulfone membrane are generally hydrophilic. How can I explain this in terms of chemistry, molecular structure and functional group?

03 January 2021 6,321 7 View