Microfluidics as an emerging platform for exploring soil environmental processes: a critical review
Investigating environmental processes, especially those occurring in soils, calls for
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …
innovative and multidisciplinary technologies that can provide insights at the microscale …
Multiphase displacement manipulated by micro/nanoparticle suspensions in porous media via microfluidic experiments: From interface science to multiphase flow …
Multiphase displacement in porous media can be adjusted by micro/nanoparticle
suspensions, which is widespread in many scientific and industrial contexts. Direct …
suspensions, which is widespread in many scientific and industrial contexts. Direct …
A microfluidic chip for geoelectrical monitoring of critical zone processes
We miniaturize geoelectrical acquisition using advanced microfabrication technologies to
investigate coupled processes in the critical zone. We focus on the development of the …
investigate coupled processes in the critical zone. We focus on the development of the …
Toward reservoir-on-a-chip: rapid performance evaluation of enhanced oil recovery surfactants for carbonate reservoirs using a calcite-coated micromodel
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) plays a significant role in improving oil production. Tertiary
EOR, including surfactant flooding, can potentially mobilize residual oil after water flooding …
EOR, including surfactant flooding, can potentially mobilize residual oil after water flooding …
Visualization study of CO2-EOR in carbonate reservoirs using 2.5 D heterogeneous micromodels for CCUS
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO 2-EOR) is one of the significant technologies to
increase oil production and also to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbonate reservoirs …
increase oil production and also to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbonate reservoirs …
State-of-the-art review on the application of microfluidics in biogeotechnology
As a popular research direction in the interdisciplinary fields of bioengineering and
geotechnical engineering, biogeotechnology shows the potential advantages in …
geotechnical engineering, biogeotechnology shows the potential advantages in …
Full Characterization of CO2–Oil Properties On-Chip: Solubility, Diffusivity, Extraction Pressure, Miscibility, and Contact Angle
Carbon capture, storage, and utilization technologies target a reduction in net CO2
emissions to mitigate greenhouse gas effects. The largest such projects worldwide involve …
emissions to mitigate greenhouse gas effects. The largest such projects worldwide involve …
Microscope insights into gas hydrate formation and dissociation in sediments by using microfluidics
Natural gas hydrates (NGHs) have tremendous potential and abundant reserves worldwide.
Both the hydrate distribution and the potential inverse formation are related to the efficient …
Both the hydrate distribution and the potential inverse formation are related to the efficient …
Spontaneous and flow-driven interfacial phase change: dynamics of microemulsion formation at the pore scale
The dynamic behavior of microemulsion-forming water–oil–amphiphiles mixtures is
investigated in a 2.5 D micromodel. The equilibrium phase behavior of such mixtures is well …
investigated in a 2.5 D micromodel. The equilibrium phase behavior of such mixtures is well …
[HTML][HTML] Immiscible imbibition in fractured media: A dual-porosity microfluidics study
A Cardona, JC Santamarina - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We use dual porosity microfluidics and fluorescence microscopy to investigate immiscible
imbibition in the pore networks formed in fractured rocks, and to identify emergent pore …
imbibition in the pore networks formed in fractured rocks, and to identify emergent pore …