Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO 2 capture

D Barker-Rothschild, J Chen, Z Wan… - Chemical Society …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
A major driver of global climate change is the rising concentration of atmospheric CO2, the
mitigation of which requires the development of efficient and sustainable carbon capture …

Advances in CO2-switchable surfactants towards the fabrication and application of responsive colloids

S Dowlati, R Mokhtari, L Hohl, R Miller… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2-switchable surfactants have selective surface-activity, which can be activated or
deactivated either by adding or removing CO 2 from the solution. This feature enables us to …

Spotlight on reversible emulsification and demulsification of tetradecane-water mixtures using CO2/N2 switchable surfactants: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation

M Ahmadi, Q Hou, Y Wang, X Lei, B Liu, Z Chen - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2/N 2 switchable surfactants have recently attracted significant attention in enhanced oil
recovery. Their environmental and economic benefits are the main driving forces for their …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular insights into oil detachment from hydrophobic quartz surfaces in clay-hosted nanopores during steam–surfactant co-injection

XT Lei, M Ahmadi, Z Chen - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal recovery techniques for producing oil sands have substantial environmental
impacts. Surfactants can efficiently improve thermal bitumen recovery and reduce the …

Reversible phase separation of CO2 responsive microemulsion: Judgment on whether and how regulated by ratio of ion to responsive surfactant concentration

M Tian, Q Li, N Ahmad, M Zhang, J Gong, C Li… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
CO 2 responsive microemulsion is a promising solvent with diverse applications in various
fields including oil exploitation, material synthesis, and metal recovery. The implementation …

[HTML][HTML] Research and Application Progress of Crude Oil Demulsification Technology

L Tang, T Wang, Y Xu, X He, A Yan, Z Zhang, Y Li… - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The extraction and collection of crude oil will result in the formation of numerous complex
emulsions, which will not only decrease crude oil production, raise the cost of extraction and …

Ionic strength regulates IFT in microemulsion for extraction of botanical natural products

M Tian, Y Liu, J Liu, D Tian, J Gong, M Zhang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microemulsion, an emerging environmentally friendly medium, has demonstrated significant
potential in botanical natural products (BNP) extraction. We found suitable ionic strength …

Tunable pH-responsive HMSNs-g-PDEAEMA as integrated corrosion inhibition and emulsification multi-functional nanocontainer

H Su, Z Wang, J Zhang, N Cui, F Li, M Li, W Qu… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
Responsive nanocontainers have dual functions in targeted delivery of corrosion inhibitors
and emulsion development of shale oil in oil and gas fields, exhibiting potential for …

Interfacial Behaviors and Oil Detachment Mechanisms by Modified Silica Nanoparticles: Insights from Molecular Simulations

W Zhou, X Tang, X Liu, Y Yan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Surfactant flooding has been considered as a promising approach for chemically enhanced
oil recovery (EOR). However, this technique encounters several limitations, such as high …

Computational Insights into a CO2-Responsive Emulsion Prepared Using the Superamphiphile Assembled by Electrostatic Interactions

Z Zhao, L Zhang, H Zhang, G Lu, T Meng, H Hao… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The superamphiphiles exhibit broad prospects for fabricating stimuli-responsive emulsions.
Because the superamphiphiles are assembled via noncovalent interactions, they have the …