Supramolecular assembly model for aggregation of petroleum asphaltenes

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3125-3134

  Gray, Murray R ^a   Tykwinski, Rik R ^b   Stryker, Jeffrey M ^a   Tan, Xiaoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE INTERACTION; ALKYL CHAIN; ALKYL GROUPS; ASPHALTENE PHASE; BRIDGED STRUCTURES; CLATHRATES; COOPERATIVE BINDING; GUEST MOLECULES; HOST GUEST COMPLEXES; HYDROPHOBIC POCKETS; METAL COORDINATION; PETROLEUM ASPHALTENES; POROUS NETWORKS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPLEXATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; CRUDE OIL; GAS HYDRATES; HYDROGEN BONDS; METHANE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SULFUR; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TOLUENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79960595896     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef200654p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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