Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Nanoink, Inc.

Northwestern University

Nanyang Technological University

Temasek Polytechnic

Illinois Institute of Technology

Awak Technologies Pte. Ltd.

Consistel Pte Ltd

Nanolnk, Inc.

Hua Zhang

Terizhandur S Ramakrishnan

Sylvain Cruchon-Dupeyrat

Quincy K Elias

Linette Demers

Robert Elghanian

Joseph S Fragala

Raymond Roger Shile

Albert Perez

Nabil A Amro

Bjoern Rosner

Cedric Loiret-Bernal

Sandeep Disawal

Chad A Mirkin

Christian Gert Bluchel

Yanmei Wang

John Edward Bussan

Albert Perez, Jr

Kim Jyh Wong

Jui Pin Er

Hengchang Bi

Seunghun Hong

Michael R Nelson

Darsh T Wasan

Masoud Bassiri

Raji Shankar

Yixuan Feng

Youssef Magdy Abdou Mohamed Elkady

Dana Weinberger

Percy Van Crocker

Ray Eby

Alexander Nikolov

Bo Chen

Qinglang Ma

Duncan Karl Gordon Campbell

Tooraj Forughian

A method can include receiving pressure data with respect to time acquired via a pressure sensor disposed in an uphole region of a bore of a well, where a plug is disposed in the bore to define the uphole region to one side of the plug and a corresponding downhole region to the other side of the plug; using at least physical properties of liquid in the uphole region and thermal information, computing a temperature and gravitational head induced density variation of the liquid in the uphole region; and, based at least in part on at least a portion of the pressure data and the temperature and gravitational head induced density variation of the liquid, determining a state of the plug and the bore from a plurality of states.

Bore plug analysis system

A wellbore is plugged using a bismuth alloy. The wellbore is arranged so that a liquid bismuth alloy sets with an excess pressure of the plug relative to the borehole fluid pressure along a desired seal height distance.

Methods, apparatus and systems for creating wellbore plugs for abandoned wells

A wellbore is plugged using a bismuth alloy. In one embodiment, the bismuth alloy comprises an alloy of bismuth and tin. In another embodiment, the bismuth alloy comprises an alloy of bismuth and silver. The wellbore can be arranged so that a liquid bismuth alloy sets with an excess pressure of the plug relative to the borehole fluid pressure along a desired seal height distance. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Methods, apparatus and systems for creating bismuth alloy plugs for abandoned wells

Provided are methods for the manufacture of highly porous aerogels, particularly to twisted carbon fibers (TCF) and carbon microbelt (CMB) aerogels, by providing a carbon raw material and heating said carbon raw material under inert gas atmosphere and reduced pressure up to 900 &#xb0; C. Also encompassed are the thus obtained aerogels and the use thereof, particularly for treating waste water.

Highly porous aerogels

Methods and systems are provided for recovery of oil from a subterranean reservoir employing nanofluid injection at a controlled flow rate. The method comprises the step of injecting nanofluid through at least one well that traverses the subterranean reservoir and into the subterranean reservoir at a controlled flow rate. And, the system comprises: at least one well that traverses the subterranean reservoir; and injection means for injecting nanofluid through the well and into the subterranean reservoir at a controlled flow rate.

Methods and systems for enhanced oil recovery employing nanofluids

Consolidated porous media samples and methods for their manufacture are described herein. An assembly has an outer tube having a first softening temperature and a sintered glass construct formed from plurality of beads of multiple sizes. The sintered glass construct defines pores and at least one fracture or channel. The assembly is formed by suspending at least one sheet or wire of dissolvable material in the outer tube, packing beads of different sizes around the sheet or wire, sintering the beads with the sheet or wire located therein at a temperature below the softening temperature of the tube, and dissolving the sheet or wire to generate a sintered construct defining at least one fracture or channel.

Synthetic fractured medium and method of fabrication

A method of preparing a graphene-metal chalcogenide porous material is provided. The method includes providing a dispersion comprising graphene oxide; adding a metal precursor and a chalcogenide precursor to the dispersion to form a mixture; heating the mixture under hydrothermal conditions to form a gel; and freeze drying the gel to obtain the graphene-metal chalcogenide porous material. A graphene-metal chalcogenide porous material prepared by the method, and use of the material in water treatment, energy storage, fire proofing, batteries or supercapacitors are also provided.

Graphene-metal chalcogenide porous material

A sensing system for detecting a substance in a dialysate. The system includes a hydrophobic barrier capable of allowing the substance in the dialysate to equilibrate through the barrier to a gas. The system also includes a detector capable of detecting the gas and an interface disposed between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector and configured to allow transport of the gas between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector following a concentration gradient of the gas along the interface.

Sensing system for detecting a substance in a dialysate

A computer implemented method and system for determining component types and locations in a network design. The method includes automatically determining component types and locations according to a riser location as an entry point and antenna locations as a plurality of end points. The automatically determining component types and locations includes determining, by a processor of the computer, a first set of component types and locations according to a tree topology, according to the entry point and the plurality of end points, determining, by the processor, a second set of component types and locations according to a hybrid topology, according to the entry point and the plurality of end points, and determining, by the processor, one of the first set of component types and locations and the second set of component types and locations.

Automatic determination of component types and locations for wireless network design

A sensing system for detecting a substance in a dialysate. The system includes a hydrophobic barrier capable of allowing the substance in the dialysate to equilibrate to a gas; a detector capable of detecting the gas; an interface disposed between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector and configured to allow fluid communication of the gas; and one or more delivery mechanisms capable of transporting the gas from the hydrophobic barrier to the detector. A method of detecting ammonium gas in a dialysate is also provided.

Stamps and methods of making stamps for applications in anti-counterfeiting and authentication. The stamps are relatively small in size and feature nanoscale and microscale identification regions and features. High throughput manufacturing and high resolution methods are used to make the stamps including electron beam lithography and optical lithography. Anti-fouling coatings can be applied.

Stamps with micrometer-and nanometer-scale features and methods of fabrication thereof

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