Effect of temperature on morphologies of evaporation-triggered asphaltene nanoaggregates
We use atomic force microscopy to observe the structural changes in petroleum-asphaltene aggregates in air as a function of temperature. The aggregates are obtained by evaporating a toluene solution containing asphaltene. Increase in temperature leads to transition from self-assembled fractal struct...
Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 30(2014), 3 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 800-4 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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2014
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
Zusammenfassung: | We use atomic force microscopy to observe the structural changes in petroleum-asphaltene aggregates in air as a function of temperature. The aggregates are obtained by evaporating a toluene solution containing asphaltene. Increase in temperature leads to transition from self-assembled fractal structures to substantially larger mobile "liquid-like" domains that show distinct tendencies of substrate repulsion and self-coalescence. This new aggregation dynamics of asphaltene can be explained by temperature-induced transition of asphaltene from pure amorphous to liquid crystalline phase. Observation of this new phenomenon for asphaltene will have wide implications for asphaltene handling and separation |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 03.09.2014 Date Revised 28.01.2014 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
DOI: | 10.1021/la4045896 |