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Assembly of porous hierarchical copolymers/resin proppants: New approaches to smart proppant immobilization via molecular anchors
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Charles W. Dunnill,
Andrew Barron,
Charlie Dunnill
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume: 466, Pages: 275 - 283
Swansea University Authors:
Shirin Alexander , Andrew Barron, Charlie Dunnill
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.12.038
Abstract
HypothesisThe assembly of temperature/pH sensitive complex microparticle structures through chemisorption and physisorption provides a responsive system that offers application as routes to immobilization of proppants in-situ.ExperimentsThermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microsco...
| Published in: | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |
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| Published: |
2016
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| Online Access: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979715304227 |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28029 |
| Abstract: |
HypothesisThe assembly of temperature/pH sensitive complex microparticle structures through chemisorption and physisorption provides a responsive system that offers application as routes to immobilization of proppants in-situ.ExperimentsThermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) along with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) have been used to characterize a series of bi-functionalized monolayers and/or multilayers grown on alumina microparticles and investigate the reactive nature of both temperature sensitive cross-linker (epoxy resin) with the layers and pH-responsive bridging layer (polyetheramine).FindingsThe bifunctional acids, behaving as molecular anchors, allow for a controlled reaction with a cross-linker (resin or polymer) with the formation of networks, which is either irreversible or reversible based on the nature of the cross-linker. The networks results in formation of porous hierarchical particles that offer a potential route to the creation of immobile proppant pack. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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275 |
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283 |