Highly stable carbon nanoparticles designed for downhole hydrocarbon detection

Chih-Chau Hwang; Lu Wang; Wei Lu; Gedeng Ruan; Gautam C. Kini; Changsheng Xiang; Errol L. G. Samuel; Wei Shi; Amy T. Kan; Michael S. Wong; Mason B. Tomson; James M. Tour

doi:10.1039/C2EE21574H

Highly stable carbon nanoparticles designed for downhole hydrocarbon detection†

Chih-Chau Hwang,‡^a Lu Wang,‡^b Wei Lu,^a Gedeng Ruan,^a Gautam C. Kini,§^c Changsheng Xiang,^a Errol L. G. Samuel,^a Wei Shi,^b Amy T. Kan,^b Michael S. Wong,*^ac Mason B. Tomson*^b and James M. Tour*^ade

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^a Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
E-mail: tour@rice.edu

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
E-mail: mtomson@rice.edu

^c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
E-mail: mswong@rice.edu

^d The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

^e The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

Abstract

Sulfated polyvinyl alcohol functionalized carbon black, stable under high temperature and high salinity conditions, 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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Highly stable carbon nanoparticles designed for downhole hydrocarbon detection†

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