Salt- and temperature-stable quantum dot nanoparticles for porous media flow

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 443, Issue , 2014, Pages 492-500

  Kini, Gautam C ^a,c   Yu, Jie ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Kan, Amy T ^a   Biswal, Sibani L ^a   Tour, James M ^b   Tomson, Mason B ^a   Wong, Michael S ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine; Calcite; Nanoparticles; Neodol; Quantum dots; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CALCITE; NANOPARTICLES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CLOUD POINT TEMPERATURE; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOLS; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; NEODOL; OIL FIELD APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT NANOPARTICLES;

IONIC STRENGTH;

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOPARTICLE; NEODOL; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; QUANTUM DOT; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; OIL FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIA FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; STABLE TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84891052953     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.11.042     Document Type: Article

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