Understanding nanocellulose–water interactions: Turning a detriment into an asset

L Solhi, V Guccini, K Heise, I Solala… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modern technology has enabled the isolation of nanocellulose from plant-based fibers, and
the current trend focuses on utilizing nanocellulose in a broad range of sustainable …

Comprehensive review on surfactant adsorption on mineral surfaces in chemical enhanced oil recovery

Z Liu, G Zhao, M Brewer, Q Lv, EJR Sudhölter - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for efficient extraction of residual oil, enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) offers prospects for producing more reservoirs' original oil in place. As one of the most …

Surface nanobubbles and nanodroplets

D Lohse, X Zhang - Reviews of modern physics, 2015 - APS
Surface nanobubbles are nanoscopic gaseous domains on immersed substrates which can
survive for days. They were first speculated to exist about 20 years ago, based on stepwise …

Graphene‐Rich Wrapped Petal‐Like Rutile TiO2 tuned by Carbon Dots for High‐Performance Sodium Storage

Y Zhang, CW Foster, CE Banks, L Shao… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201601621 generally based on the Kirkendall effect, self-assembly, or
Ostwald ripening, to name a few.[16] Thus, the facile solvothermal method assisted by …

Modulation of the coffee-ring effect in particle/surfactant mixtures: the importance of particle–interface interactions

M Anyfantakis, Z Geng, M Morel, S Rudiuk, D Baigl - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
We study the effect of surfactants on the deposits formed after the evaporation of colloidal
suspension drops, at initial concentrations lower than the critical micellar concentrations, for …

Preparation of colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles with different diameters and their unique degradation behavior in static aqueous systems

H Yamada, C Urata, Y Aoyama, S Osada… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The degradation of colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles (CMPS) is quite important for
the design of stable catalyst supports and biodegradable drug delivery systems carriers. The …

Growth mechanism of gold nanorods

K Park, LF Drummy, RC Wadams, H Koerner… - Chemistry of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Gold nanorods (Au NRs) are the archetype of a nanoantenna, enabling the directional
capture, routing, and concentration of electromagnetic fields at the nanoscale. Solution …

The elusive silica/water interface: Isolated silanols under water as revealed by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy

L Dalstein, E Potapova, E Tyrode - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
It has been long recognized that the surface chemistry of silica, and in particular the type and
relative amount of surface bound silanol groups, plays a critical role in many of the …

Corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in hydrochloric acid: Elucidating the performance of an imidazoline-based surfactant

K Kousar, MS Walczak, T Ljungdahl, A Wetzel… - Corrosion …, 2021 - Elsevier
A combination of electrochemical measurement and interface analysis have been applied to
characterise the interaction of OMID, an exemplar imidazoline-based corrosion inhibitor …

Very small bubbles at surfaces—the nanobubble puzzle

VSJ Craig - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic Force Microscope images and other experiments show us that very small stable
bubbles, known as nanobubbles, can be present on surfaces despite well founded …