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Every public page on the LabCanvas website. Machine-readable versions: sitemap.xml and llms.txt.
Pages
Figure templates
- Four-panel figure (2 × 2)
- One large panel and three small (1 + 3)
- Six-panel figure (3 × 2)
- Six-panel figure: characterizing gold nanoparticles
- Four-panel figure: cell viability and cytotoxicity
- Four-panel figure: tumour growth and survival in vivo
- Four-panel figure: battery cathode performance
- Four-panel figure: a predicted protein structure and its confidence
- Journal cover: genome editing
- Journal cover: single-atom catalysis
- Mechanical exfoliation with adhesive tape
- Liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite
- Graphene oxide: synthesis and characterization
- Doped carbon nanosheets from layered biochar
- Electrochemical exfoliation of graphite
- Hummers method: graphite to GO to rGO
- Improved Hummers method with K₂FeO₄
- CVD growth of graphene on copper and nickel
- CVD graphene on copper and PMMA transfer
- Epitaxial graphene on SiC
- Graphene on SiC for remote epitaxy and layer transfer
- Characterizing graphene
- Making a graphene transistor
- Graphene transfer methods compared
- The graphene family of 2D materials
- Making graphene: six routes compared
- Laser-induced and flash graphene
- Reading a graphene Raman spectrum
- Characterizing graphene oxide
- Seeing graphene: a microscopy guide
- Dirac physics of graphene
- Twisted bilayers and moiré superlattices
- Defects and doping in graphene
- Functionalised graphene and 3D forms
- More ways to make graphene
- Processing graphene devices
- Graphene electronics
- Graphene for energy
- Graphene sensors and optoelectronics
- Graphene membranes and water
- Graphene scale-up and quality control
- Green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles
- Turkevich citrate reduction of gold nanoparticles
- Seed-mediated growth of gold nanorods
- Co-precipitation of magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles
- Hydrothermal synthesis of carbon dots
- g-C₃N₄ by thermal polymerization
- Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorod arrays
- Sol–gel synthesis of TiO₂ and SiO₂
- Stöber synthesis of monodisperse silica spheres
- MCM-41 mesoporous silica by surfactant templating
- MOF synthesis: ZIF-8 and UiO-66
- MXene (Ti₃C₂Tₓ) by selective etching of Ti₃AlC₂
- Liposomes by thin-film hydration and extrusion
- Six wet-chemical routes to nanoparticles
- Nanorods, nanowires and nanocages from seeds
- How nanoparticles nucleate, grow and ripen
- Physical and gas-phase routes to nanoparticles
- Microfluidic synthesis and electrospinning
- Shape control of metal nanocrystals
- Measuring nanoparticles in liquid: size and charge
- What nanoparticles are made of: STEM, ICP-MS and magnetometry
- Nanoparticles in medicine: heating, imaging, targeting and killing bacteria
- Nanoparticles in tests, catalysts and devices
- From synthesis to application: a nanoparticle workflow in pictograms
- MOF-5: synthesis and structure
- HKUST-1: copper paddlewheels and open metal sites
- Isoreticular MOFs: one net, designed pores
- UiO-66: modulators and missing-linker defects
- MIL-101(Cr): supertetrahedra and giant cages
- Post-synthetic modification of a MOF
- Characterizing a new MOF
- Mg-MOF-74: open metal sites for CO₂ capture
- MOF-801: water from desert air
- Iron MOF nanoparticles for drug delivery
- MOF synthesis: solvothermal, room temperature, modulated
- Fast, green and scalable MOF synthesis
- Activating and shaping MOFs
- MOF thin films and membranes
- MOF glasses, MOF-derived materials and composites
- Reticular design: building units, linkers and nets
- Isoreticular expansion, interpenetration, MTV MOFs
- Flexible and defective MOFs
- Post-synthetic modification, stability, conductivity
- Characterizing MOFs: pores, structure, defects and uptake
- COF-1 and COF-5: the first COFs
- COF linkages: from reversible to robust
- TpPa COFs: β-ketoenamine links that survive acid and base
- COF-LZU1: an imine COF that holds palladium
- 3D COFs: COF-102 and COF-300
- CTF-1: triazine frameworks from molten salt
- Characterizing a 2D COF
- COF-366-Co: cobalt porphyrin COF for CO₂ reduction
- COF photocatalysts for hydrogen from water
- COF thin films for molecular separation
- Inside a lithium-ion cell, from can to crystal (3D renders)
- How a lithium-ion battery works
- LiCoO₂: the layered oxide cathode
- LiFePO₄: the olivine cathode
- LiMn₂O₄: the spinel cathode
- Ni-rich NMC: more capacity, less stability
- The graphite anode: staging and the SEI
- Silicon anodes: huge capacity, huge swelling
- Lithium–sulfur: a carbon host and the polysulfide shuttle
- Solid-state batteries: ceramic electrolytes
- Making and testing a coin cell
- Making cathode materials: NMC and LiFePO₄
- Anode and electrolyte materials
- Making battery electrodes: from slurry to slit coils
- Building and forming a battery cell
- How electrodes store lithium
- Electrolytes and interphases
- Lithium metal and solid-state batteries
- Sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries
- How lithium-ion cells age
- Battery safety: abuse and thermal runaway
- Seeing inside a working battery
- Electrochemical and safety measurements
- From cells to packs, cars and the grid
- Recycling, second life and other energy storage
- A battery’s life in pictograms: make, build, test, use and recycle
- Water splitting: hydrogen and oxygen evolution
- The OER mechanism: four proton–electron steps
- Single-atom catalysts: one metal atom, four nitrogens
- CO₂ reduction on copper: many products
- CO₂ electrolyzers: gas-diffusion electrodes
- Fuel cells: oxygen reduction on platinum alloys
- MoS₂ for hydrogen: the edges do the work
- NiFe layered double hydroxides for oxygen evolution
- MOF-derived catalysts: from framework to carbon
- Benchmarking an electrocatalyst
- Perovskite solar cell: from crystal to device
- How an OLED makes light
- Fibre-reinforced composites: from layup to strength
- Tough hydrogels: sacrificial bonds that break so the gel does not
- Sodium-ion batteries: abundant sodium, stored in hard carbon
- Supercapacitor electrodes: zooming in on ions in carbon pores
- Thermoelectrics: scattering heat-carrying phonons at every length scale
- Hydrogen storage materials: four ways to hold H₂
- Redox flow batteries: energy in the tanks, power in the stack
- Nanozymes: nanoparticles that act like enzymes
- High-entropy alloys: five metals, one phase
- Self-healing polymers: four ways to close a crack
- Monolayer MoS₂: from one atomic layer to logic
- Daytime radiative cooling: cooling under the sun with the cold of space
- Silica aerogel: from sol to superinsulator
- Shape-selective catalysis in zeolites: from pellet to pore window
- Liquid crystals: order between solid and liquid
- Crystal defects that shape materials
- Memristors for brain-inspired computing: the synapse and its electronic twin
- Triboelectric nanogenerators: turning everyday motion into electricity
- Organic solar cells: non-fullerene acceptors climb past the fullerene ceiling
- Solid oxide cells: one ceramic cell, run as a fuel cell or an electrolyzer
- Aqueous zinc-ion batteries: taming the zinc anode, from electrolyte to cathode
- Photocatalyst sheets: from one SrTiO₃ particle to a 100 m² hydrogen farm
- Making ammonia: Haber–Bosch on iron versus lithium-mediated electrosynthesis
- Phase-change memory: writing bits as glass or crystal
- Two-dimensional magnets: magnetism, one layer at a time
- Topological insulators: insulating inside, conducting at the edge
- Ferroelectric hafnium oxide: a polar phase in a chip dielectric
- MRAM: a bit stored in the spins of a tunnel junction
- Shape-memory alloys: NiTi switches between austenite and martensite
- Mechanical metamaterials: properties from geometry, not chemistry
- Structural colour: photonic crystals colour without dyes
- Transparent wood: take out the lignin, fill in a matching polymer
- Superhydrophobic surfaces: the lotus effect, read on a protractor
- Direct lithium extraction: picking Li⁺ out of brine
- Breaking forever chemicals: four ways to cleave the C–F bond
- Enzymatic PET recycling: the right enzyme at the right temperature
- Electrochromic smart windows: glass that tints on demand
- Low-carbon cement: less clinker, and CO₂ back into the concrete
- How the zebrafish heart rebuilds itself
- The Drosophila circadian clock
- Bacteriophages against biofilms
- CRISPR diagnostics: find a sequence, light a signal
- Cell-free protein synthesis: DNA in, protein out
- Hydrogen embrittlement of steels: trap the hydrogen before it finds the crack
- Chemically strengthened glass: a log of the ion-exchanged surface
- Bulk metallic glasses: outrun the crystal
- Electronic skin: soft sensors that stretch, press and feel
- Lead-free piezoceramics: a family tree that grows d₃₃
- Quantum sensing with NV centres: one defect in diamond, read by light
- Upconversion nanoparticles: two infrared photons in, one visible photon out
- Molecular solar thermal storage: sunlight kept as strain, released as heat
- Gallium liquid metals: a metal you can pour, print and stretch
- Atomic layer deposition: building a film one layer per cycle
- AlphaFold: a predicted structure and how sure it is
- Inside AlphaFold 2 and AlphaFold 3
- Protein folding: the energy landscape
- From coevolution to protein language models
- Nanomaterials for energy storage
- Targeted drug delivery with nanoparticles
Free tools
- LaTeX equation to PNG
- Scientific colour palettes
- Colour-blindness checker
- Multi-panel figure maker
- Figure legend generator
- Molarity calculator
- Dilution calculator
- pH calculator
- qPCR ΔΔCt calculator
- Cell doubling time calculator
- Western blot MW calculator
- ELISA standard curve calculator
- IC50 calculator
- Centrifuge RPM ⇄ g calculator
- Molar mass calculator
- XRD Scherrer & Bragg calculator
- Supercapacitor & battery calculator
- Protein parameter calculator
- Ligation calculator
- Hemocytometer cell count calculator
- Primer Tm calculator
- DNA concentration & copy number calculator
- Tauc plot band gap calculator
- Graphene Raman layer checker
- RHE converter
- Tafel slope calculator
- Faradaic efficiency calculator
- Molecular orbital diagram generator
- CONSORT flow diagram generator
- PRISMA flow diagram generator
- Coulombic efficiency calculator
- Ionic conductivity calculator
- BET surface area calculator
- Microscope pixel size calculator
- ASTM E112 grain size calculator
- Michaelis–Menten calculator
- Protein assay standard curve (BCA, Bradford)
- Kaplan–Meier plot maker
- Volcano plot maker
- Heatmap maker
- Box plot and violin plot maker
- Statistical test chooser
- Journal figure size & DPI checker
- Scale bar adder
- Gel and western blot lane labeller
- Chemical equation balancer
- Plasmid map maker
- Sample size calculator
- Concentration converter
Blog and apps
- ImageJ vs LabCanvas Image Analysis: an honest comparison
- LabCanvas Image Analysis: measure microscopy images, western blots and gels in your browser
- Image Analysis in LabCanvas: a complete guide to every tool and setting, with examples
- How to use ImageJ: a beginner's tutorial for the 10 everyday jobs (2026)
- How to set the scale and add a scale bar in ImageJ (with a calibration image to practise on)
- Western blot quantification in ImageJ, step by step (and the 3-click way)
- How to count cells in ImageJ (automatic and manual)
- How to measure length and area in ImageJ (with the right units)
- Grain size analysis in ImageJ (SEM, ASTM E112) + grain size number calculator
- How to measure leaf area with ImageJ (or from a phone photo, in the browser)
- ImageJ online: can you run it in a browser? (ImageJ.JS, and a faster way)
- Best ImageJ alternatives in 2026 (free, online and desktop)
- Lateral size of 2D flakes (graphene, MoS₂) from SEM or TEM in ImageJ
- Analyze Particles in ImageJ, explained (every option, with examples)
- Calcium imaging analysis in ImageJ: ΔF/F₀ traces step by step
- CellProfiler vs QuPath vs ImageJ: which image analysis software should you use?
- Colocalization analysis in ImageJ: Pearson vs Manders and Costes thresholds
- Count bacterial colonies in ImageJ (or from a plate photo, free online)
- Measure contact angle from a drop photo in ImageJ
- Count γH2AX or 53BP1 foci per nucleus in ImageJ (Find Maxima, step by step)
- How to measure d-spacing from HRTEM lattice fringes in ImageJ (profile and FFT)
- IHC DAB quantification in ImageJ with colour deconvolution
- Feret diameter, circularity, aspect ratio and solidity in ImageJ, explained
- Deep-learning cell segmentation in Fiji: StarDist, Cellpose and Weka (step by step)
- Stitch microscope tiles in Fiji (Grid/Collection stitching, step by step)
- Fiji vs ImageJ: what's the difference, and which should you download?
- FRAP analysis in ImageJ: mobile fraction and half-time, step by step
- Free western blot quantification software (now that Image Studio Lite is gone)
- How to cite ImageJ and Fiji (with a methods sentence to copy)
- 3D projection and 3D viewing in ImageJ (Image › Stacks › 3D Project)
- Crop, rotate, resize and convert images in ImageJ (without changing your data by accident)
- Deconvolution in ImageJ and Fiji: what it does and how to run it
- FFT bandpass filter and edge detection in ImageJ (with before/after examples)
- Check for saturated pixels in ImageJ: histogram, HiLo LUT and the numbers
- LUTs in ImageJ: which lookup table to use (and colour-blind-safe choices)
- ImageJ and Fiji on a Mac: install, Apple Silicon and "can't be opened" fixes
- ImageJ macros for beginners: record a macro and batch-process a folder
- Make a movie from an image stack or time-lapse in ImageJ (AVI, GIF, MP4)
- Plot Profile in ImageJ: line scans, wide lines and intensity profiles
- ROI Manager in ImageJ: measure many regions, save them and open them anywhere
- ImageJ threshold methods compared, with pictures
- Install ImageJ or Fiji on Windows 10 and 11
- How to make a kymograph in ImageJ and measure velocities
- Z Project in ImageJ: maximum, average and sum projections compared
- How to measure fluorescence intensity in ImageJ (Mean, IntDen, RawIntDen and CTCF)
- Merge, split and overlay channels in ImageJ (and make a composite figure)
- Image integrity: what you may and may not do to microscopy and blot images
- Nanoparticle size distribution from TEM images in ImageJ (step by step)
- Nanorod and nanowire length, width and aspect ratio from SEM images in ImageJ
- Neurite length and branching in ImageJ: Skeletonize and Analyze Skeleton
- Nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio in ImageJ: quantify NF-κB, YAP or TFEB translocation
- How to open .czi, .nd2, .lif and other microscope files in ImageJ (Bio-Formats)
- Open DICOM files in ImageJ (and a series as a stack)
- Particle tracking in ImageJ (TrackMate) and MSD: a practical guide
- Porosity and pore size from SEM images in ImageJ (AAO, membranes, coatings)
- Use ImageJ from Python with PyImageJ (a gentle start)
- Rolling-ball background subtraction in ImageJ: how to choose the radius
- Wound healing (scratch) assay analysis in ImageJ: % closure step by step
- Sholl analysis in ImageJ/Fiji and online (step by step)
- Tube formation assay quantification in ImageJ (and the Angiogenesis Analyzer)
- Watershed in ImageJ: separate touching particles (and when not to)
- Crystal structure and 2D-material figures: VESTA, Mercury, CrystalMaker, Avogadro, OVITO and LabCanvas compared
- Free tools for scientific figures in 2026: BioRender, Inkscape, Affinity, Canva, PowerPoint and more
- Journal figure size guide: column widths, DPI and fonts for 38 journals
- A free GraphPad Prism alternative: graphs and statistics in your browser
- The LabCanvas Figure editor: vector scientific illustration in your browser
- LabCanvas Slides: scientific presentations built from editable figures
- LabCanvas Research Poster: conference posters that arrange themselves
- MolDraw online: free chemical structure drawing in your browser
- The LabCanvas 3D Studio: adjustable 3D models of cells, nanomaterials and devices
- The LabCanvas Protein viewer: PDB structures styled for figures
- LabCanvas Graphs & statistics: 70 scientific graph types with checked statistics
- LabCanvas Optics: draw optical setups with the beam path simulated live
- The LabCanvas Pixel editor: edit micrographs and photos inside your figure
- What is LabCanvas? One workspace for scientific illustration, data and presentation
- A BioRender alternative for scientific figures: what LabCanvas does differently
- Figure editor
- Slides
- Research Poster
- MolDraw
- 3D Studio
- Protein viewer
- Graphs & statistics
- Image Analysis
- Optics