Michael Kozma

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Will blocking with BSA cover my functional groups and molecules?

In this system, I have a microbead that has reactive functional groups on the surface along with DNA conjugated to some of those groups. If I was to use a blocking agent like BSA, would the...

19 August 2022 5,233 3 View

I am trying to turn a carboxylic acid into an acid chloride. I plan to use thionyl chloride for this but is there something less dangerous?

I need to convert Sodium butyrate into an acid chloride for my work. I've perused the literature but have not found too much about the details of these types of reactions. I plan to use thionyl...

22 December 2020 393 3 View

How to prepare HAuCl4 solution?

Hey everyone, I am going to be synthesizing gold nanowires and have acquired the powder form of HAuCl4. No one in my lab has worked with it before. I remember hearing that making the HAuCl4...

13 October 2020 3,737 7 View

How would one calculate the force needed to spin down silver nanowires in a centrifuge?

I am looking to purify a solution of silver nanowires that have some nanoparticle impurities. I would like to use the centrifuge to pull down the nanowires and leave the nanoparticles in the...

13 November 2019 2,058 1 View