This report examines the potential of polymer flooding to recover viscous oils, especially in reservoirs that preclude the application of thermal methods. A reconsideration of EOR screening criteria revealed that higher oil prices, modest polymer prices, increased use of horizontal wells, and controlled injection above the formation parting pressure all help considerably to extend the applicabi...

At this study, thallium (I) ion-imprinted polymer, as a novel sorbent for Tl (I) and comparison with Tl(III) ion-imprinted polymer has been synthesized. This sorbent for preconcentration and solid-phase extraction of Tl(I) ions from aqueous solutions, used. Through preparing the binary complex of Tl(I) ions with 5, 7-dichloroquinoline-8-ol (DCQ) the particles of thallium (I) Ion-Imprinted P...

Biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (DES) are innovative concepts in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention. We systematically reviewed the latest randomized evidence on the efficacy and safety of biodegradable polymer DES as compared to durable polymer DES. MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane database were searched in August 2013 for eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comp...

The interaction forces between nanoscale colloidal particles coated with end-grafted Lennard-Jones homopolymers are calculated using off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations in the NVT ensemble. The focus of this work is on grafted polymers that are of approximately the same size as the nanoparticle, a regime intermediate to the star-polymer and Derjaguin limits. The effects of chain length (N), nan...