Responsive Stabilization of Nanoparticles for Extreme Salinity and High-Temperature Reservoir Applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19651-19658

  Ranka, Mikhil ^a   Brown, Paul ^a   Hatton, T Alan ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

antipolyelectrolyte effect; colloidal stability; enhanced oil recovery; nanoparticles; polyampholytes; zwitterionic polymers

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; STABILIZATION;

ANTIPOLYELECTROLYTE EFFECT; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; POLYAMPHOLYTES; ZWITTERIONIC POLYMERS;

IONIC STRENGTH;

EID: 84941051882     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04200     Document Type: Article

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