Browsing by Subject "surface chemistry"
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(2016-04-08)Wettability alteration to water-wet and interfacial tension (IFT) reduction were found to play a major role in determining the rate of penetration of imbibing fluids into low permeability and porosity rocks where capillary ...
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(2014-12-17)I report my studies of Mn12O12(C6H5COO)16(H2O)4, which will be referred to as Mn12-Ph, a single molecule magnet, on Cu(111) and HOPG (highly oriented pyrolytic graphite) surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). A ...
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(2019-02-07)The central theme of my research seeks to understand the interfacial chemistry of engineered and natural nanomaterials. Manipulation of the surface chemistry of nanostructures is an important tool in tuning their properties ...
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(2009-06-02)Monometallic and bimetallic model catalysts on either refractory metal singlecrystals as planar surfaces or oxide supports as nano-size clusters have been systematically studied using X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), ...
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(2018-06-13)A pressing financial and environmental challenge is the impact of friction and wear on energy usage, economic costs, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Globally nearly ¼ of the world’s total energy is consumed at moving ...
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(2023-12-12)Increasing demands for hydrocarbon fuel accompanied by depletion of conventional oil resources have led to increasing reliance on unconventional fossil fuels: heavy oil and bitumen. Distinct from conventional oil, their ...