Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and
environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly …

Asphaltene is the heaviest and most polar fraction of crude oils, which is usually defined as
a solubility class, soluble in light aromatics, benzene and toluene, and insoluble in paraffins …

With the ever increasing demand for energy to meet the needs of growth in population and
improvement in the living standards in particular in develo** countries, the abundant …

Steel slag, as an industrial waste, is a potential alternative to replace aggregate in asphalt
mixture, but the interaction mechanism between asphalt and steel slag is still not …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage in the subsurface is a viable approach to mitigate climate
change by reducing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The unfavorable mobility …

The adsorption and desorption of asphaltene on silica surface is highly dependent on the
heteroatoms present in its structure. Herein, some model asphaltene molecules with …

In order to analyze the interfacial interaction mechanism between the types of mineral and
asphalt at the molecular scale, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to …

In-situ recovery of bitumen involves high-temperature conditions yielded by a steam
injection process, making it costly to produce, along with an extensive environmental …

A bacterial consortium, named SWO, was enriched from crude oil-contaminated seawater
from Phrao Bay in Rayong Province, Thailand, after a large oil spill in 2013. The bacterial …

Waste cooking oil (WCO) has received attention on rejuvenating aged asphalt binder widely
in recent years. This study evaluated the rejuvenation effects of WCO on aged asphalt …