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I'd appreciate suggestions for mid to mid-high rank journals for publishing short format articles (e.g. communications, short reports) in the area of optical sensors for chemical detection and...
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I have a spincoated thin film of P(VDF-TrFE). I'd like to attach a thicker, transparent film as a backing layer that would allow me to pull off the PVDF film without it crinkling. I have access to...
03 June 2021 3,023 4 View
I'm transferring graphene to a glass microscope slide using electrostatics, following methods in the literature. I notice a very small D peak around 1360 cm-1, and an extremely narrow and well...
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I want to create a densely packed, amine-terminated, self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on a silicon wafer to react with a second molecule via an NHS linkage. Piranha activation followed by APTES...
27 February 2021 8,502 3 View
I'm recrystallizing perfluorophenyl azide NHS ester according to established protocols using IPA as the singular recrystallization solvent. When I take a subsample of 30 mg crude, dissolve in...
11 January 2021 7,225 1 View
I made a Pb sensor using carbon quantum dots (CQDs). I add buffer, CQDs, and a given metal to a quartz cuvette of the recommended type. Before adding a metal, the cuvette will emit a yellow-green...
17 December 2020 9,932 3 View
I'm just getting into synthesis, and I seem to be stuck on the first step of a reaction which is simply dissolving 4-Azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid (PFPA-COOH) in dichloromethane (DCM),...
07 December 2020 4,084 3 View
I just finished functionalizing a chlorinated PVDF copolymer that's soluble in DMF, and this solvent was required for the functionalization. I now need to remove the 60 mL of DMF that remains, but...
15 November 2020 6,516 3 View
I used a freeze dryer for the first time today, with a 40 mL aqueous sample of dialyzed graphene quantum dots in a 100 mL flat bottom glass container. We have a commercial system with automated...
19 March 2020 4,266 4 View
I use two-photon polymerization to crosslink bovine serum albumin (BSA) and gelatin into hydrogels on the scale of 100 microns. These are printed on glass coverslips and submerged in buffer or...
23 July 2019 7,758 0 View
I have an optical fiber (1 meter long, 100 microns diameter) orthogonal to a glass coverslip, and the ability to control the position of this fiber in the vertical axis. A microscope objective...
30 January 2019 977 3 View
Hydrogel samples in our lab are prepared in a special way and we're limited to 20 micron cubes. We can produce 100 of them fairly easily, and 1000 over the course of a day. However, this yields...
10 December 2018 3,188 3 View
I'm breaking into a new research area, and having some difficulty collecting information on electroactive materials. I want to align a small wire (100 microns diameter) with a flat cross section...
23 October 2018 10,058 1 View
I'm looking for a method that will lyse bacterial cells, preferably with minimal use of chemicals and preservation of outer membrane proteins. The gold standard is a "french press", which disrupts...
19 December 2016 4,138 4 View
I just began working with E. coli K-12 for use as an oxygen scavenger in my reactors. I'm growing them on glucose, but since glucose is fermented I expect it to be quickly depleted in my reactor...
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