Single molecule force spectroscopy of asphaltene aggregates

Asphaltene aggregation and deposition cause severe problems in nearly all phases of petroleum processing. To resolve those problems, understanding the aggregation mechanisms is a prerequisite and has attracted the interest of a great number of investigators. However, to date, the nature and extent o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 23(2007), 11 vom: 22. Mai, Seite 6182-90
1. Verfasser: Long, Jun (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Xu, Zhenghe, Masliyah, Jacob H
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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