Realistic molecular model of kerogen's nanostructure

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 576-582

  Bousige, Colin ^a,b   Ghimbeu, Camélia Matei ^c   Vix Guterl, Cathie ^c   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^d   Suleimenova, Assiya ^d   Vaughan, Gavin ^e   Garbarino, Gaston ^e   Feygenson, Mikhail ^f   Wildgruber, Christoph ^f   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Pellenq, Roland J M ^a,b,g   Coasne, Benoit ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOLECULAR MODELING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OIL SHALE; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

ESSENTIAL FEATURES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FUNCTIONAL RELATION; HYBRIDIZATION RATIO; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; PORE DISTRIBUTION; VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATE;

KEROGEN;

EID: 84957025463     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4541     Document Type: Article

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