Due to their unique structures and properties, three-dimensional hydrogels and
nanostructured particles have been widely studied and shown a very high potential for …

Although water is essential for global health and the socio‐economic development of
modern society, providing fresh water universally in a sustainable and affordable manner …

Hydrogels (HDG) are materials exhibiting versatile applications in varying fields such as the
pharmaceutical and biomedical industries. However, HDG are prone to inferior chemical …

Today, hydrogel plugs as a new and effective technology are widely used for temporary oil
and gas well plugging. Although, the strength and fluidity of the hydrogels in the oil wells …

Compared with conventional polymer gels, nanocomposite gels have significant advantages
in strength and temperature resistance. They can adapt to more severe reservoir …

Among all the available methods to reduce water production and to improve oil recovery
from heterogeneous reservoirs, injecting a gelling system composed of a polymer and a …

Sand production is one of the major problems in sandstone reservoirs. Different mechanical
and chemical methods have been proposed to control sand production. In this paper, we …

In addition to conventional approach to ensure the successful application of polymer
hydrogels in maintaining temporary well plugging, exact analysis of gel formation and gel …

As easily fabricated, polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogels are widely used, especially in
medicine. Material properties of these crosslinked polymers are usually tuned by varying …

A novel poly (acrylamide)/clay mineral composite was synthesized by controlled radical
polymerization of acrylamide, clay minerals using potassium persulfate (KPS) and N, N …