Polymer blends analyzed with confocal laser scanning microscopy

A Abbasi Moud - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
In this brief overview, we looked at how confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman
imaging can be used to examine solely polymer mixes. The results clearly illustrate that …

Nanostructured, fluid‐bicontinuous gels for continuous‐flow liquid–liquid extraction

MA Khan, AJ Sprockel, KA Macmillan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid‐bicontinuous gels are unique materials that allow two distinct fluids to interact through
a percolating, rigid scaffold. Current restrictions for their use are the large fluid‐channel …

Rheology and microscopy analysis of polymer–surfactant complexes

A Abbasi Moud - Colloid and Polymer Science, 2022 - Springer
Polyelectrolytes are a fascinating type of polymeric substance that is increasingly being
employed in sophisticated industrial formulations. Combining these polymers with a …

Adsorption of surfactant molecules onto the surface of colloidal particles: Case of like-charged species

EL Correia, S Thakur, A Ervin, E Shields… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixed systems of nanoparticles and surfactants have a broad range of applications from
consumer products and medicine to inkjet printing and oil recovery. The interparticle …

Centrifugal assembly of helical bijel fibers for pH responsive composite hydrogels

SP Kharal, MF Haase - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In microfluidics, centrifugal forces are important for centrifugal microfluidic chips and curved
microchannels. Here, an unrecognized use of the centrifugal effect in microfluidics is …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modification of silica nanoparticles by chitosan for stabilization of water-in-oil Pickering emulsions

F Heidari, SM Jafari, AM Ziaiifar, N Anton - … Polymer Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Water-in-oil (W/O) Pickering emulsions (PEs) as delivery systems have recently
attracted important research efforts. The lack of food-grade hydrophobic particulate as …

Nanofluids of kaolinite and silica in low saline seawater (lowsal) with and without surfactant: interfacial tension and wettability alteration of oil–water–rock system for …

US Behera, JS Sangwai - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Low salinity water injection (LSWI) has gained popularity recently as a potential enhanced
oil recovery (EOR) method. The efficiency of LSWI can be improved with the advent of …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication and application of bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsions gels

G Di Vitantonio, T Wang, KJ Stebe, D Lee - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels (bijels) comprise networks of
interpenetrating domains of two immiscible liquids stabilized by nanoparticles jammed at the …

Synthesis and Evaluation of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle and its Application in Chemical Enhanced oil Recovery

S Vats, F Khan, D Prajapati, A Pandey… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A significant quantity of hydrocarbons remains in the reservoir after production using primary
and secondary techniques. Traditional recovery techniques produce about 33% of the …

Synthesis and Polyelectrolyte Functionalization of Hollow Fiber Membranes Formed by Solvent Transfer Induced Phase Separation

H Siegel, AJ Sprockel, MS Schwenger… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrafiltration membranes are important porous materials to produce freshwater in an
increasingly water-scarce world. A recent approach to generate porous membranes is …