Toward a mechanistic understanding of wettability alteration in reservoir rocks using silica nanoparticles
Traditional concepts of simple liquid spreading may not apply to nanoparticle-fluids.Most investigations pertaining to the wettability alteration of solid surfaces due to the presence of nanoparticles in the fluid are oversimplified, i.e.nanoparticles dispersed in DI-water and smooth, homogeneous, and clean surfaces have been used.From a practical