Despite my enthusiasm yesterday, today's experiments didn't go to plan. As a proof of concept for a new instrument I am trying to reproduce data that already exists in literature. To that end I've made a sample to match previous work, however, when working with the material it doesn't behave exactly as expected. While the purpose of the experiments is to show a method where multiple streams of data can be collected simultaneously I still need the sample to respond according to values reported in other work.
After playing with the experimental set-up in the lab, I am thinking the issue may be in the sample, specifically the sample preparation. Moving forward I prepared a new batch this afternoon, but will need a couple days to mix the components. I am optimistic about trying a new sample because even if things still are amiss, I'll be more confident in one portion of the experiment. Also, since I can't make measurements tomorrow, I'll have all day to focus on cleaning up my part drawings which are my other big task for the week.
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