Issue 2, 2011
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Energy & Environmental Science

Engineered nanoparticles for hydrocarbon detection in oil-field rocks†

Jacob M. Berlin,‡a   Jie Yu,‡bc   Wei Lu,‡a   Erin E. Walsh,a   Lunliang Zhang,cd   Ping Zhang,c   Wei Chen,d   Amy T. Kan,c   Michael S. Wong,*ab   Mason B. Tomson*c  and  James M. Tour*ae  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Rice University

b Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

d College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

e Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas
E-mail: mswong@rice.edu, mtomson@rice.edu, tour@rice.edu

Abstract

Polyvinyl alcohol functionalized oxidized carbon black efficiently carries a hydrophobic compound through a variety of oil-field rock types and releases the compound when the rock contains hydrocarbons.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0EE00237B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jul 2010
Accepted
04 Nov 2010
First published
03 Dec 2010

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 505-509

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Engineered nanoparticles for hydrocarbon detection in oil-field rocks

J. M. Berlin, J. Yu, W. Lu, E. E. Walsh, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, W. Chen, A. T. Kan, M. S. Wong, M. B. Tomson and J. M. Tour, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 505 DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00237B

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