Pickering foams are available in many applications and have been continually gaining
interest in the last two decades. Pickering foams are multifaceted, and their characteristics …

An attractive alternative to mitigate the adverse effects of conventional water-based fluids on
the efficiency of hydraulic fracturing is to inject foam-based fracking fluids into reservoirs …

The major challenges facing oil production during/after secondary recovery include oil
entrapment by water and high water mobility. Hence, currently, Enhanced Oil Recovery …

The synergistic effects of fumed-Si nanoparticles (Si-NPs) in combination with sodium
dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant as suitable agents for oil displacing in enhanced oil …

The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

Recent experimental results using in particular small-angle scattering to characterize the self-
assembly of mainly hard spherical nanoparticles into higher ordered structures ranging from …

Hypothesis The interactions between oppositely charged nanoparticles and surfactants can
significantly influence the interfacial properties of the system. Traditionally, in the study of …

Mixed systems of nanoparticles and surfactants have a broad range of applications from
consumer products and medicine to inkjet printing and oil recovery. The interparticle …

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based anti-fogging layer has been successfully developed with an
impressive long shelf-life by remarkably increasing the wettability of low-density …

The use of gas is one of the most common methods in the oil industry for enhancing oil
recovery. However, problems such as gas uptake due to the low density of the gas reduce …