Given its detrimental consequences, biofouling is a central problem in industrial applications
that affects submerged artificial abiotic surfaces. For instance, it shortens the service life of …

Despite the advances that have been made in renewable energy over the past decade,
crude oil or petroleum remains one of the most important energy resources to the world …

Asphaltene precipitation and deposition in the reservoir, near-wellbore region, and pipelines
is one of the critical problems in flow assurance. It can cause a blockage of pore throats and …

Developing antifouling coatings is of both fundamental and practical significance, but
challenging, for membrane separation of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions with charged …

Crude oil adhesion issues are widespread in the petroleum industry, leading to inefficient
production and high maintenance costs. Developing efficient antifouling materials and …

Surface interactions between emulsion drops and substrate surfaces play an important role
in many phenomena in industrial processes, such as fouling issues in oil production …

Oil fouling is commonly encountered in many environmental and engineering fields and
remains a challenging issue. The fouling issue in steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) …

Fouling phenomena are commonly observed in oil production processes, which have
caused many challenging issues. Many previous studies focused on fouling in aqueous …

Fouling is a critical issue faced by the chemical and oil industries in various operation
processes, which has negative impact on the operational efficiency and generates …

Zwitterionic groups have been widely used in antibiofouling surfaces to resist nonspecific
adsorption of proteins and other biomolecules. The interactions among zwitterionic groups …