Issue 3, 2015
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Environmental Science: Nano

Supercritical CO2-philic nanoparticles suitable for determining the viability of carbon sequestration in shale

Yisheng Xu,†ab   Lin Chen,†bc   Yushi Zhao,d   Lawrence M. Cathles*d  and  Christopher K. Ober*b  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

b Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
E-mail: christopher.ober@cornell.edu

c Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

d Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
E-mail: lmc19@cornell.edu

Abstract

A fracture spacing less than a decimeter is probably required for the successful sequestration of CO2 in shale. Tracer experiments using inert nanoparticles could determine if a fracturing this intense has been achieved. Here we describe the synthesis of supercritical CO2-philic nanoparticles suitable for this application. The nanoparticles are ~50 nm in diameter and consist of iron oxide (Fe3O4) and silica (SiO2) cores functionalized with a fluorescent polymeric corona. The nanoparticles stably disperse in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) and are detectable to concentrations of 10 ppm.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EN00003C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jan 2015
Accepted
14 Mar 2015
First published
16 Mar 2015

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2015,2, 288-296

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Supercritical CO2-philic nanoparticles suitable for determining the viability of carbon sequestration in shale

Y. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. M. Cathles and C. K. Ober, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2015, 2, 288 DOI: 10.1039/C5EN00003C

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