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Numerical modeling of analyte diffusion and adsorption behavior in microparticle and nanoparticle based biosensors
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.010 2018-03-28 Increasingly medical diagnostic platforms rely upon the use of colloidal nanoparticles for the detection of biomolecules. Colloids offer greatly increased surface area to volume ratios and lack diffusion limitations that typically reduce reaction rates in ass... |
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Investigation and prediction of severe slugging frequency in pipeline-riser systems
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.050 2018-03-28 Severe slugging is one of the flow assurance concerns in oil and gas industry because of the undesired fluctuations of pressure and flow rates in the system. Knowledge of severe slugging frequency is essential for the receiving facility design. However, unlik... |
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Beyond the Standard Two-Film Theory: Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Carbon Dioxide Capture in a Wetted Wall Column
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.021 2018-03-27 The standard two-film theory (STFT) is a diffusion-based mechanism that can be used to describe gas mass transfer across liquid film. Fundamental assumptions of the STFT impose serious limitations on its ability to predict mass transfer coefficients. To bette... |
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Heterogeneous catalysis in microreactors with nanofluids for fine chemicals syntheses: Benzylation of toluene with benzyl chloride over silica-immobilized FeCl3 catalyst
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.049 2018-03-27 A novel strategy for a heterogeneous benzylation reaction conducted in a capillary microreactor was proposed. Silica-immobilized FeCl3 nanocatalysts were dispersed in benzyl chloride to form a nanofluid, and then were applied for the benzylation of toluene wi... |
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Aggregation Phenomenon in the Late Stages of Silica Materials Preparation
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.045 2018-03-27 Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to investigate the aggregation behavior at the late stages of silica production in a colloidal solution to find new insights into the structures and dynamics of the produced aggregates and pores. The implemented the... |
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Facet Design Promotes Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide on Palladium Nanocrystals
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.029 2018-03-27 Highly selective electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to valuable chemical products is a crucial approach to alleviate the energy crisis. To date, some noble metal based heterogeneous catalysts such as Pd exhibits high activity for electrochemical carbon ... |
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Modulation of turbulent flow field in an oscillating grid system owing to single bubble rise
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.039 2018-03-27 Modulation of turbulent flow in an oscillating grid system due to single bubble rise was experimentally investigated using particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique wherein flow field modulation was reported in single bubble resolved manner. The bubble diame... |
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Cubic equations of state extended to confined fluids: new mixing rules and extension to spherical pores
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.047 2018-03-27 The thermodynamic behavior of fluids confined in nanopores is highly influenced by the interaction between fluid molecules and pore walls. The most accurate approaches for modeling confined fluids are too computationally demanding for practical engineering re... |
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Hybrid Graphene Album with Polysulfides Adsorption Layer for Li-S Batteries
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.027 2018-03-27 Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is a promising candidate for the next-generation power sources due to their low-cost and high energy density. However, the shuttle effect of the dissolved polysulfides in the electrolyte solvents has hindered the commercializatio... |
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Prediction of ionic liquids viscosity at variable temperatures and pressures
10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.044 2018-03-27 The viscosity of ionic liquids (ILs) plays an important role in the chemical industry, material science and environmental science. This work presents a temperature- and pressure-dependent (η-T-P) model based on the norm indices for describing the viscosity of... |