The interaction of bubbles with phase interfaces is an important phenomenon in science and industry. In this paper, the variation in bubble behavior and the characteristics of surface liquid film formation and shedding at the oil–water interfac...
Bile Salts (BS) adsorb onto emulsified oil droplets to promote lipolysis and then desorb, solubilizing lipolytic products, a process which plays a crucial role in lipid digestion. Hence, investigating the mechanism of adsorption and desorption of BS...
Graphene-based laminar membranes exhibit remarkable ion sieving properties, but their monovalent ion selectivity is still low and much less than the natural ion channels. Inspired by the elementary structure/function relationships of biological ion c...
Effectively enhancing oil recovery can be achieved by reducing the viscosity of crude oil. Therefore, this paper investigated the viscosity reduction behavior of carbon nanotube viscosity reducers with different molecular structures at the oil–...
Aiming at the unclear mechanisms of fluid migration in nanopore-throat systems within tight oil reservoirs, this study focuses on the microscopic interactions at the oil–water interface in nanoconfined spaces. Based on molecular dynamics simula...
The distribution and diffusion behaviors of microscopic particles at fluorobenzene–water and pentanol–water interfaces are investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The influences of Na+/Cl− ions and the steric effects of or...
Shunbei Oilfield is characterized by substantial heterogeneity and a complex oil–water relationship. The water-oil interface is dynamically changing, and it is a crucial parameter for reserve calculation and evaluation. The main purpose is to analyze...
Oil–water annular flow is an efficient method of heavy oil transportation for energy-saving. To deeply study the influencing factors of the energy savings of oil–water annular flow, this paper compares the interface fluctuation and energy...
Reflection loss at the water-castor oil interface as a function of temperature was measured in a direction normal to the interface using a 200-kHz acoustic signal. The acoustic impedance of water increases with temperature, whereas that of castor oil...
The demulsification effect of three types of block copolymers, BP123, BPF123, and H123, with the same PEO and PPO segments but different hydrophobic modification groups on crude oil emulsions and the properties of oil–water interfaces were inve...
Water and oil do not mix. This essential statement of the hydrophobic effect explains why oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions are unstable and why energy must be supplied to form such emulsions. Breaking O/W emulsions is an exothermic event. Yet metastable...
With the wide application of ASP (alkali/surfactant/polymer) flooding oil recovery technology, the produced water from ASP flooding has increased greatly. The clay particles carried by crude oil in the process of flow have a synergetic effect with oi...
We studied the transition behaviors of colloidal arrangements confined at a centro-symmetrically curved oil-water interface. We found that assemblies composed of several colloidal particles at the curved interface exhibit at least two unique patterns...
The three-phase separator is one of the most important pieces of equipment in the combined station of the oilfield. The control level of the oil–water interface directly affects the energy consumption of the subsequent production of the combine...
“Pickering-type” emulsions were prepared using polydopamine (PDA) particles as a particulate emulsifier and n-dodecane, methyl myristate, toluene or dichloromethane as an oil phase. All the emulsions prepared were oil-in-water type and an increase of...
With the depletion of conventional light crude oil reserves in China, the demand for heavy oil exploitation has grown, highlighting the increasing significance of enhanced heavy oil recovery. Surfactants reduce oil–water interfacial tension, mo...
Phospholipids are one of the major structural elements of biological membranes. Due to their amphiphilic character, they can adopt various molecular assemblies when dispersed in water, such as bilayer vesicles or micelles, which give them unique inte...
The properties of binary colloidal systems have gained the interest of researchers because they have much richer structures than their one-component counterpart. Continuing efforts are being made on the theoretical side on binary colloidal systems, w...
This review presents a series of measurements of the surface and interfacial tensions we have been able to make using the micropipette technique. These include: equilibrium tensions at the air-water surface and oil-water interface, as well as equilib...
Graphene oxide, as a new two-dimensional material, has a large specific surface area, high thermal stability, excellent mechanical stability and exhibits hydrophilic properties. By combining the carboxyl groups on the surface of graphene oxide with h...
Coarse-grained modeling methods allow simulations at larger scales than molecular dynamics, making it feasible to simulate multifluid systems. It is, however, critical to use model parameters that represent the fluid properties with fidelity under bo...
Injection of alkaline (A), polymer (P), and surfactant (S) chemicals in enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) processes increases output by changing the properties of the injected fluid. In this work, micellar fluid interactions were studied via microemulsion...
Understanding the interaction of nanoparticles with proteins and how this interaction modifies the nanoparticles’ surface is crucial before their use for biomedical applications. Since fluorinated materials are emerging as potential imaging pro...
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent a promising technology for sustainable energy generation, which leverages the metabolic activities of microorganisms to convert organic substrates into electrical energy. In oil spill scenarios, hydrocarbonoclast...
This study investigated the effect of the combined use of sodium caseinate (CAS), commercial phosphatidylcholine (PC), and modified PCs on the physical and oxidative stability of 70% fish oil-in-water emulsions. Caffeic acid was covalently attached t...
As a commercially available ingredient, the mono- and diglycerides (MDG) were widely used in a plant protein-based emulsion to provide effective, functional, emulsifying properties. The simultaneous addition of the MDG and pea protein isolate (PPI) w...
On the basis of dynamic interfacial tension measurements, Ca2+ has been shown specifically to interact with naphthenic acid (NA) at the n-heptane/water interface, consistent with NA adsorption followed by interfacial complexation and formation of a m...
Due to its amphiphilicity, the natural fibrous structural protein, silk fibroin (SF), can adsorb at the oil/water interface, form protective viscoelastic layers, and stabilize emulsions. Biocompatible SF-stabilized emulsions can be used in different...
Phase-change materials (PCMs) attract much attention with regard to their capability of mitigating fossil fuel-based heating in in-building applications, due to the responsive accumulation and release of thermal energy as a latent heat of reversible...
Bare interfaces between water and hydrophobic media like air or oil are of fundamental scientific interest and of great relevance for numerous applications. A number of observations involving water/hydrophobic interfaces have, however, eluded a conse...
Investigating the adsorption properties of emulsifiers at water–oil interfaces enables advances in the comprehension of the mechanisms governing emulsion ageing and stabilization. The utilization of natural compounds in emulsion formulations is...
The stability of the vertical flow that occurs when gas displaces oil from a reservoir is investigated. It is assumed that the oil and gas areas are separated by a layer saturated with water. This method of oil displacement, called water-alternating-...
Water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions are of great interest in many areas of the life sciences, including food technology, bioprocess engineering, and pharmaceuticals. Such emulsions are complex multi-component systems and the molecular mechanisms which lead...
It is widely accepted that protein-based particles can efficiently stabilize foams and emulsions. However, it is not fully elucidated which particle properties are decisive for the stabilization of air/water and oil/water interfaces. To unravel this...
Wettability significantly influences fluid distribution and flow behavior in hydrocarbon reservoirs, yet traditional macroscopic measurements fail to capture the micro- and nanoscale interfacial interactions that govern these processes. This study ad...
Emulsion stabilization by native cellulose has been mainly hampered because of its insolubility in water. Chemical modification is normally needed to obtain water-soluble cellulose derivatives. These modified celluloses have been widely used for a ra...
The interest to monophasic liquid capillary bridges (CB) has a long history. These shapes are attractive not only because of their interesting surface properties but also because of the possibility of their behavior to be analytically predicted by th...
Oil leakage during the processes of extraction, storage, and transportation poses a significant challenge due to the complex nature of pollution caused by frequent fluctuations in groundwater levels and variations in the water–oil interface. To...
We report on our study of the interactions between coconut protein extracted from coconut meat and three hydrocolloids (gelatin, xanthan gum, and soybean polysaccharide) and their interfacial adsorption and emulsification properties. We used Zeta pot...
In this communication, the single element version of the fractional Maxwell model (single-FMM or Scott–Blair model) is adopted to quantify the observed behavior of the linear interfacial dilational viscoelasticity. This mathematical tool is app...
This study investigated the structure, interfacial properties, and digestibility of resveratrol (Res)-loaded soybean lipophilic protein (LP) nanoparticles using a urea-induced disassembly–reassembly approach. Structural analysis confirmed that...
Biodegradable polymeric microparticles are widely used in drug delivery systems with prolonged-release profiles and/or cell microcarriers. Their fabrication via the oil/water emulsion solvent evaporation technique has normally required emulsifiers in...
Emulsions are multiphasic systems composed of at least two immiscible phases. Emulsion formulation can be made by numerous processes such as low-frequency ultrasounds, high-pressure homogenization, microfluidization, as well as membrane emulsificatio...
To investigate the amphiphilicity of cellulose, a series of molecular dynamics simulations were performed with a cellulose nanocrystal and a water–octane interfacial system. Assuming that the axis of cellulose is parallel to the water–oct...
Oil–water flows are widely encountered in petroleum, chemical, nuclear reactors, and other crucial industrial processes. Due to gravity and interaction between phases, horizontal and inclined oil–water two-phase flows are characterized by remarkable...
In the petrochemical industry, multiphase flow, including oil–water two-phase stratified laminar flow, is more common and can be easily obtained through mathematical analysis. However, there is limited mathematical analytical model for the simulation...
Surfactants are widely used in fields such as oil recovery and flotation. The properties and mechanisms of surfactants can be effectively studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Herein, the aggregation behavior of surfactants was studied a...
We investigated oil recovery from porous rock using nanoscale colloidal dispersions, formed by adsorption of an anionic polymer [poly-(4styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid); PSS-co-MA] and a zwitterionic surfactant [N-tetradecyl-N, N-dimethyl-3-ammon...
In oil reservoirs, if oil mainly has wettability in the solid phase, such as in carbonate reservoirs, the medium is oil-wetted. For oil-wetted porous media containing an oil and water two-phase flow, there are electric double layers at both the oil&n...
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