Can SiO2 deposition be used to protect gold electrodes (in direct contact with ionic solution) from electrolyis?

Will the electrodes remain conductive? What should be the thickness of SiO2 deposition?

03 April 2018 2,919 3 View

How can I protect thin film (30nm) gold electrodes from electrolysis?

I apply voltage (AC, DC and pulse) to biological cell monolayers using 30nm thick gold electrodes. My observations are significantly affected by electrolysis (formation of gas bubbles). Moreover,...

01 February 2018 7,950 6 View

When electrolysis occurs, does the anode or cathode heat up more (or by same extent)?

Does it depend on the relative size of the electrodes?

01 February 2018 9,611 4 View

Is it possible to use trypan blue to stain a cell monolayer?

I wish to determine live/dead cell ratio while the cells are still in a monolayer

07 August 2017 3,861 1 View

Can a gold pattern on glass slide work as inductive coil?

If so, what is the most appropriate pattern shape and gold thickness?

06 July 2017 431 3 View

Is it possible to fabricate gold electrodes on pdms? what adhesion layer or pdms surface treatment is required?

will the electrodes withstand bending?

01 February 2017 8,921 1 View

Is there a reliable way of "visualising" an electric field between 2 planar electrodes?

My electrodes are 2 bands of gold with a gap in between || Is there any way of making sure an electric field exists between the electrodes?

09 October 2016 3,490 6 View

What is the physiological shear stress on mouse endothelial cells?

i would like to carry out flow experiments to determine how culture medium flow affects cell morphology

01 January 1970 6,654 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Sutter electrode holder leaking after applying positive pressure. How to fix?

I am using a Sutter electrode holder for my patch clamp experiments, but I'm having trouble keeping positive pressure inside my electrode due to a leak out of the back of the holder. I have added...

02 March 2021 5,829 1 View

What thickness need for ITO to use as conductive layer?

I want to do RF sputtering of ITO on glass substrate using magnetron sputtering. what thickness do i need to make it good conductive layer to use it for PSC. Moreover, whats about thickness of...

01 March 2021 395 3 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

How can we obtain a modification factor for creep parameters?

I want to obtain standard creep parameters of salt rock by creep parameters of rectangular samples. Is there a modification factor to convert creep parameters of rectangular (prismatic) rock salt...

01 March 2021 7,131 1 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View