Many researchers have used nanoparticles as adsorbents to remove water pollutants
including arsenic after modifying the properties of nanoparticles by improving reactivity …

Nanomaterials have, by definition, one or more dimension in the nanometer scale (≤ 100
nm) range and subsequently show novel properties from their bulk materials. The synthesis …

With more than 170 billion barrels of estimated oil sands reserves in Canada, Canada has
the third largest oil reserves in the world. However, more than 80% of oil sand's reserves are …

This study investigates the adsorption and oxidation of asphaltenes onto nanoparticles. Six
different metal oxide nanoparticles were employed, namely, Fe3O4, Co3O4, TiO2, MgO …

Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONPs) play a major role in the emerging fields of
nanotechnology to facilitate rapid advancements in biomedical and industrial platforms. The …

Many in situ recovery methods have been developed to extract heavy oil and bitumen from
deep reservoirs. The “underground refinery” approach using a nanosize ultradispersed (UD) …

Due to their high magnetization, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles induce an
important decrease in the transverse relaxation of water protons and are, therefore, very …

Sulfur is a widely used element in different applications such as fertilizers, pharmaceuticals,
rubber, fiber industries, bioleaching processes, anti microbial agents, insecticides, and …

Removal of asphaltenes from heavy oil improves the quality of oil and makes it easier to
process. To this end, Nassar et al.[1] recently showed that NiO nanoparticles have high …

In this study asphaltenes–waste hydrocarbons and problematic constituent present in heavy
oil–have been investigated for its oxidation onto different types of nanoparticles, namely …