Nanocellulose: Recent trends and applications in the food industry

AB Perumal, RB Nambiar, JA Moses… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past few years, nanocellulose (NC) has gained wide attention due to its renewability,
biocompatibility, bioavailability, and different remarkable properties. Cellulose …

[HTML][HTML] Food-grade Pickering emulsions: Preparation, stabilization and applications

L Chen, F Ao, X Ge, W Shen - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Pickering emulsions have emerged as a new method and have attracted
much attention in the fields of food sciences. Unlike conventional emulsions, Pickering …

[HTML][HTML] Surfactants employed in conventional and unconventional reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery—A review

OT Isaac, H Pu, BA Oni, FA Samson - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continuous depletion of crude oils in the reserves, and continuous rise in energy
demand, there is currently a widespread interest in various methods of chemical enhanced …

Effects of zein stabilized clove essential oil Pickering emulsion on the structure and properties of chitosan-based edible films

Y Xu, Y Chu, X Feng, C Gao, D Wu, W Cheng… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Clove essential oil (CLO) Pickering emulsions were prepared with zein colloid particles as
stabilizer, and the effects of CLO Pickering emulsion incorporation on the structure …

Advances of spontaneous emulsification and its important applications in enhanced oil recovery process

Z Li, D Xu, Y Yuan, H Wu, J Hou, W Kang… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emulsions, including oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, can play important
roles in both controlling reservoir conformance and displacing residual oil for enhanced oil …

[HTML][HTML] Application of nanomaterial for enhanced oil recovery

T Liang, JR Hou, M Qu, JX **, I Raj - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluid offers more opportunities and challenges over the traditional surfactant and
polymer solutions during enhanced oil recovery (commonly referred to as tertiary oil …

Progress of polymer gels for conformance control in oilfield

W Kang, X Kang, ZA Lashari, Z Li, B Zhou… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
For the past decades, long-term water flooding processes have led to water channeling in
mature reservoirs, which is a severe problem in oilfields. The development of better plugging …

Preparation and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals with high stability from okara by green solvent pretreatment assisted TEMPO oxidation

L Tang, B Wang, S Bai, B Fan, L Zhang, F Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
Because the traditional preparation methods of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) involve
chemical pollution issues, in this study, two typical green solvents, alkali/urea solvent (AUS) …

Properties, preparation, stability of nanoemulsions, their improving oil recovery mechanisms, and challenges for oil field applications—A critical review

X Hou, JJ Sheng - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of the oil industry, improving oil recovery (IOR) technology is
becoming more and more important, and an excellent working fluid is a key to IOR. Among …

Advances of polymer microspheres and its applications for enhanced oil recovery

S Shagymgereyeva, B Sarsenbekuly, W Kang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2024 - Elsevier
After long-term water injection, mature reservoirs are encountered with the adverse
consequences of the treatment, including erosion, rock formation destruction and drastic …