Is colloidal gold the same as monoatomic gold?

I sent a paper to Journal of Cleaner Production and finally got minor revision after 6months. there were two reviewers, reviewer#1 said `The authors have made all the modifications indicated. Therefore, I believe that the article can be accepted.` while reviewer#2 `The authors considered the Reviewer comments very good, ending in a good submission which is very helpful for other authors.` Also got several minor comments and resubmitted the paper anticipating the acceptance. after a month i got major revision (I was surprised). The reason is that reviewer#2 refers back to the same old comments that he gave at the major revision stage (He just copied and pasted alll the comments mentioned in the major revision stage) saying `I do not see that you considered my comments, please review them and finalize the document` . As I believe that there is a confusion regarding the decision and comments from reviewer#2, we have contacted the journal and waiting for a reply (it is almost a week as of 12th October 2021). any Ideas on this matter, what should i do next if a reply doesn't show up? It would be extremely helpful if you could share your experience, if avail.

Recently I submitted a paper to a journal and it gets accepted for publication. I thought that publication was free, but the APC was very high. So, I decided not to publish it. Even though I did not publish the paper in the journal, I get a certificate of acceptance and the paper has gone through peer review. How do I present this paper to show the paper's credibility online?

I am working with 3 sizes of gold nano particles 5nm, 20nm and 40nm with 4.92E+13 - 6.01E+13, 5.89E+11-7.19E+11 and 6.44E+10-7.87E+10 concentrations particles/ml respectively. Could you please help me to covert these concentrations to ug/ml?

I did a liposomal preparation of DPPC:CHOL 1:1 with flow ratio 2:1 (PBS: Ethanol) based on literature of review using microfluidics nano-assembler bench top. I measured the size using Malvern zetasizer and it was 100nm ( which was expected) however I got very high zeta potential for triplicates (-7330, -7840, -8040mv) any ideas why this happened. size is good but zeta is extremely high.

I repeated the experiment using a different lipid DSPC:CHOL 1:1 with flow ratio 5:1 (PBS: Ethanol) the particle size close to the expected result according to the paper I'm using though the zeta potential is extremely odd. I filtered the samples, repeated it multiple times, different sample dilutions new zeta cells, no corrosion or burning at the electrodes at the device....etc I got a fine zeta measures when I diluted the samples in distilled water instead of PBS

I'm attaching below the zeta file for the 2nd preparation, I really hope you can guide me because I can't go further in the research.

Thanks in advance,

Most of us are invited to review papers for various journals. Most often the deadline is quite reasonable for doing a proper review. This was not the case to review the revised version of a paper submitted to MDPI's Applied Sciences. What is your experience as reviewer of MDPI and Applied Sciences in particular?

I communicated with the Assistant Editor, that I found it insulting that he e-mail me on a Saturday with the request for review, then send me a reminder two days later (Monday) and another one the next day (Tuesday). The deadline for the review was in my opinion ridiculous. I was supposed to submit the review by Wednesday the same week, i.e. 3 working days after I got the invitation. After this communication I got a 2 days (!!!) extension. Honestly, if the average time for revised manuscript review is three days then I really question the quality of the review. If they consider themself to be a serious scientific journal they cannot have this review process.

I would say less than 14 days for a review is impossible for any academic researcher. Especially in this case were I recommended major review and large parts of the paper was rewritten.

This is not only disrespectful to the reviewer but also to the authors, who deserve a proper review of their work, and the whole research community, who rely on peer-review for quality of research and trust in the science. This is a dangerous path that their review process is leading to. What is your experience of this and other publishers?

What is the difference between "pesticides" and "insecticides" in English? Are they the equivalent replacement when used in text?

I am an ecological researcher who particularly concerns the research of eco-toxicology. I prepare to draft an English text concerning some pesticide toxicity today. However, somebody told me that the definition of the word "pesticide" includes the term "insecticide". Then dictionary explains that " Pesticides are chemicals that farmers put on their crops to kill harmful insects. ", compared with " Insecticide is a chemical substance that is used to kill insects. ".

It really challenges my mind. How can I use it correctly. I hope some Native Britain writer/researcher or someone who is good at English could help me.

Thank you all.

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Hi all. I got table in excel that involved the two following items:

X-axis: concentration ranges.

y-axis: values the obtained with respect to X-axis values.

Now i need to calculate the linear range based on Stern-Volmer equation and consequently calculate LOD.

what is the easiest procedure in excel to know the linearity of different wide range concentration values?

Methods of spectrophotometric Analysis one of the easiest and least expensive methods of chemical analysis. How to increase its efficiency and reduce its cost