• Atomistic Insight into Nanofluid Enabled Enhanced Oil Recovery 

      Chang, Yuanhao (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:72, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Nanoparticles (NPs) possess great potential in applications to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) due to their outstanding features of ultra-small size, great surface and interface effect, high sustainability, etc. The underlying ...
    • Atomistic Insight into Oil Displacement on Rough Surface by Janus Nanoparticles 

      Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Ma, Rui; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Janus nanoparticles (NPs) hold great potential in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), although the mechanism remains unclear. In the study, the displacement dynamics of trapped oil in the rough channel by Janus NPs are unraveled ...
    • Atomistic insights into the droplet size evolution during self-microemulsification 

      Fu, Yuequn; Xiao, Senbo; Liu, Siqi; Chang, Yuanhao; Ma, Rui; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Microemulsions have been attracting great attention for their importance in various fields including nanomaterials fabrication, food industry, drug delivery, and enhanced oil recovery. Atomistic insights into the ...
    • Deformation and rupture of Janus nanoparticle-stabilized Pickering emulsion in confined channel 

      Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Ma, Rui; Zhang, Zhiliang; Zeng, Fanhua; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      The interaction between Pickering emulsions and confined channels is vital for their industrial applications. However, how solid particle shells modulate the deformation stability and rupture limit of Pickering emulsions ...
    • Displacement Dynamics of Trapped Oil in Rough Channels Driven by Nanofluids 

      Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Ma, Rui; Wang, Xiao; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      It is well accepted that nanofluids have great potential in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, the EOR mechanisms by nanofluids largely remain elusive. In the study, the displacement dynamics of residual oil trapped in ...
    • An interfacial gas-enrichment strategy for mitigating hydrate adhesion and blockage 

      Ma, Rui; Xiao, Senbo; Chang, Yuanhao; Fu, Yuequn; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Unwanted gas hydrates blockage is a threat to the safety of oil-gas pipeline systems. Deploying passive anti-hydrate surfaces is a promising approach to circumventing the long-lasting hydrate problem, and a precise ...
    • Nanomechanical Characteristics of Trapped Oil Droplets with Nanoparticles: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation 

      Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Fu, Yuequn; Wang, Xiao; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Nanoparticles (NPs) possess great potentials in applications to enhanced oil recovery (EOR), the underlying mechanisms of which however remain to be explored. In this study, the motion of NPs and the local pressure ...
    • A quantitative study of salinity effect on water diffusion in n-alkane phases: from pore-scale experiments to molecular dynamic simulation 

      Yan, Lifei; Chang, Yuanhao; Hassanizadeh, S. Majid; Xiao, Senbo; Raoof, Amir; Berg, Carl Fredrik; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Numerous mechanisms have been proposed to untangle the effect of a low concentration of dissolved salts in the water flooding medium. One potential mechanism for enhanced oil movement is proposed with osmosis effect, ...
    • Thermally induced hex-graphene transitions in 2D carbon crystals 

      Fu, Ran; Xu, Yihua; Liu, Yisi; Lin, Yanwen; Xu, Ke; Chang, Yuanhao; Fu, Yuequn; Zhang, Zhisen; Wu, Jianyang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Resourceful beyond-graphene two-dimensional (2D) carbon crystals have been proposed/synthesized; however, the fundamental knowledge of their melting thermodynamics remains lacking. Here, the structural and thermodynamic ...
    • Unraveling adhesion strength between gas hydrate and solid surfaces 

      Ma, Rui; Wang, Feng; Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; English, Niall; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Natural gas hydrate is a promising future energy source, but it also poses a huge threat to oil and gas production due to its ability to deposit within and block pipelines. Understanding the atomistic mechanisms of adhesion ...
    • Unraveling the influence of surface roughness on oil displacement by Janus nanoparticles 

      Chang, Yuanhao; Xiao, Senbo; Ma, Rui; Zhang, Zhiliang; He, Jianying (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Janus nanoparticles (JNPs) possess great potential in recovering the residual oil from reservoirs, however, the fundamental interaction mechanisms among nanoparticles, the oil, and reservoir wall characteristics remain to ...