Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss the recent developments in
exploring cellulose and its derivatives in the applications of oilfield chemicals for petroleum …

Xanthan gum is a naturally occurring polysaccharide obtained from Xanthomonas
campestris. The xanthan gum backbone consists of β-d-glucose linked like in cellulose. The …

Cellulose, a linear biopolymer, is present naturally in all plants. Apart from being the planet's
predominant natural polymer, it also offers a variety of features including excellent …

A huge variety of plants are harvested worldwide and their different constituents can be
converted into a broad range of bionanomaterials. In parallel, much research effort in …

Fiber–optic sensors have been widely deployed in various applications, and their use has
gradually increased since the 1980 s. Distributed fiber–optic sensors, which enable …

Carbonate reservoirs worldwide are complex in structure, diverse in form, and highly
heterogeneous. Based on these characteristics, the reservoir stimulation technologies and …

Low production rate, limited recovery range, and short period of stabilized production of
natural gas hydrate (NGH) field trials indicate a large gap to commercial production. To …

Hydraulic fracturing integrates key technologies assisting in the establishment, increase,
and stabilization of gas and oil production. In particular, the performance of the working …

Reducing the adsorption of CO 2 thickeners in soil particles of shallow shale is a pathway to
protect the shale environment and water cycle. In this work, we first synthesized a siloxane …