BookmarkChemists Declare War on ‘Ice-Plugs’ in Oil PipelinesScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) Operators of subsea fields on the continental shelf spend vast amounts of money on keeping harmful ice-like crystals under control. SINTEF scientists are now looking for a cheaper solution to the problem./pSee Also:Matter EnergyPetroleumNature of WaterEnergy PolicyFossil FuelsInorganic ChemistryChemistryReferenceSaturated fatPetroleum geologyHydrocarbonOil [...]
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March 4th, 2010
Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal
ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2009) Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal./pSee Also:Matter EnergyNature of WaterChemistryNanotechnologyPhysicsMaterials ScienceCivil EngineeringReferenceMechanicsList of phases of matterPhase (matter)Materials sciencepThe research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, appears in the Nov. 20 edition of [...]
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