Emulsions frequently encountered in petroleum production, include water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, and water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions, which …

As non-renewable natural resources, minerals are essential in a broad range of biological
and technological applications. The surface interactions of mineral particles with other …

Asphaltene is the most complex component of crude oil, consisting of various molecular
structures, eg, different molecular weights and number of rings per fused-ring system (or …

Under electric fields, coalescence of water droplets in oil media and bulk water (droplet-
interface coalescence) is a significant phenomenon during the electrostatic process of water …

Interactions involving chemical reagents, solid particles, gas bubbles, liquid droplets, and
solid surfaces in complex fluids play a vital role in many engineering processes, such as …

Crude oils are complex mixtures of organic molecules, of which asphaltenes are the
heaviest component. Asphaltene precipitation and deposition have been recognized to be a …

Humic acid (HA) is ubiquitous in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, and
understanding the molecular interaction mechanisms underlying its aggregation and …

Wetting phenomena of oil/water/solid systems are fundamentally governed by the stability of
confined water film and interaction mechanism between oil droplet and solid surface in …

Hypothesis Asphaltenes subfractions with distinct interfacial behaviors may play different
roles in stabilizing oil–water emulsions. Experiments In this work, whole asphaltenes were …

Efficient separation of various oil/water emulsions using amphiphilic, hydrophobic/oleophilic,
or hydrophilic/oleophobic-based membrane materials have attracted considerable attention …