2024 February - 13 articles
Gas-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) through huff-n-puff (HnP) is an important method of recovering oil from fracture-stimulated reservoirs. HnP productivity is hampered by fracture channeling, leading to early gas breakthroughs and gas losses. To mitigat...
Coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulations are employed to investigate the spatiotemporal evolution of vesicles (polymersomes) via self-assembly of randomly distributed amphiphilic diblock copolymers PB-PEO (Poly(Butadiene)-b-Poly(Ethylene Oxide))...
Different oils can be homogeneously dispersed in the network junctions of the separated bicontinuous micellar phases. Upon dilution, these dispersions spontaneously form nanoemulsions. The possibility of a micellar sponge phase formation in the case...
Colloidal particle self-assembly into higher-ordered structures has been of great interest due to the promise of creating metamaterials with novel macroscopic properties. The physicochemical properties of these metamaterials can be tailored to achiev...
Aqueous phase pH is a critical metric with significant importance in understanding reactive transport processes in porous media. At the microscale, however, traditional pH detection methods face challenges in capturing dynamic pH due to limited sampl...
Although the potential of natural minerals for purification of liquid radioactive wastes (LRW) from radionuclides has been widely studied, the use of hybrid polymer composites made of zeolite is still rather scarce. This article reports on the prepar...
Dispersed phases like colloidal particles and emulsions are characterized by their particle size distribution. Narrow distributions can be represented by the monodisperse distribution. However, this is not the case for broader distributions. The so-c...
This study provides valuable insights into biobased surfactant systems, shedding light on their behavior and potential applications in cleaning and oil recovery processes. By combining the alkyl polyglycoside Triton® CG-110 with C12OH fatty alcohol,...
The onset and early stages of dynamic wetting on different hydrophobic surfaces is investigated experimentally for aqueous solutions of two commercial trisiloxane surfacants of similar chemical structure, one of which exhibits superspreading behaviou...
Two open issues on the measurement of the dilational modulus (E) for an adsorbed protein film during the adsorption process have been unacknowledged: how E varies during the adsorption and the length of time needed to attain a stable E value. A new a...
Every year, millions of foodborne illnesses with thousands of deaths occur worldwide, which is why controlling foodborne pathogens is sought. In this study, nanoemulsions of phytochemicals extracted from Plectranthus hadiensis var. tomentosus (PHT) w...
Evaporating a liquid sessile drop deposited on a horizontal surface is an important object of applications (printing technologies, electronics, sensorics, medical diagnostics, hydrophobic coatings, etc.) and theoretical investigations (microfluidics,...
The release of drugs from core/shell nanoparticles (NPs) is a crucial factor in ensuring high reproducibility, stability, and quality control. It serves as the scientific basis for the development of nanocarriers. Several factors, such as composition...
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