Status and outlook of oil field chemistry-assisted analysis during the energy transition period

B Jia, C Xian, JS Tsau, X Zuo, W Jia - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Analytical chemistry is powerful in analyzing complex mixtures of crude oil and brine
subsurfaces on the basis of atomic and molecular levels. Geochemistry applies chemical …

Characterising water in Lunar and Martian regolith materials using nuclear magnetic resonance

KT O'Neill, EO Fridjonsson, D Smeed, TAJ Hopper… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Water is critical in the future of space exploration and development of planetary bodies.
Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a geophysical measurement technique with …

Correlating Surface Chemistry to Surface Relaxivity via TD-NMR Studies of Polymer Particle Suspensions

MT Suekuni, AM Allgeier - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study elucidates the impact of surface chemistry on solvent spin relaxation rates via
time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR). Suspensions of polymer particles of …

Catalytic Cracking of 1, 3, 5‐Triisopropylbenzene and Low‐Density Polyethylene over Hierarchical Y Zeolites and Al‐SBA‐15

J Mensah, P Yan, A Rawal, AF Lee, K Wilson… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic cracking of high molecular weight hydrocarbons underpins the production of fossil
fuels from petroleum vapour and the recycling of polyolefin waste plastic. However, thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of stabilisers on the catalytic activity of supported Au colloidal nanoparticles for the liquid phase oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid: understanding …

E Monti, A Ventimiglia, L Forster… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Supported Au colloidal nanoparticles have been prepared in the presence of stabilising
polymers, such as, PVA, PVP and PEG (polyvinylalcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene …

NMR surface relaxivity in a time-dependent porous system

N Robinson, R Nasharuddin, EO Fridjonsson… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate an unexpected decay-recovery behavior in the time-dependent H 1 NMR
relaxation times of water confined within a hydrating porous material. Our observations are …

Revealing the pore size-dependent sorption mechanism of toluene and cetane in porous carbon by nuclear magnetic resonance

Z Hou, X An, K Zhu, Q Tang, H Lan… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of contaminants by porous carbon has been extensively studied by
conventional isotherm and kinetic methods. However, the co-adsorption behavior and …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorbate/adsorbent interactions in microporous zeolites: Mechanistic insights from NMR relaxation and DFT calculations

C D'Agostino, P Bräuer, J Zheng, N Robinson… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation is an effective and non-invasive technique
for probing guest-host interactions in porous materials. In particular, the ratio of longitudinal …

Host-guest interactions and confinement effects in HZSM-5 and chabazite zeolites studied by low-field NMR spin relaxation

C D'Agostino, APE York, P Bräuer - Materials Today Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The characterization of fluid/solid interactions in porous materials is crucial for their design
and optimization, most notably in applications such as adsorption and catalysis. Yet, probing …

Refined high-pressure tube design for improved resolution in high-pressure NMR spectroscopy

A Duchowny, SAO Restrepo, M Adams, R Thelen… - Analyst, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
High-pressure NMR spectroscopy has become a valuable analytical tool in many activities,
including the energy sector, chemical research, and biophysics. Many pressure-based …