Browsing Chemistry by Author "Zhang, Qian"
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Surfactant-Structure Dependent Interactions with Modified Starch Nanoparticles Probed by Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Zhang, Qian; Kim, Damin; Li, Lu; Patel, Sanjay; Duhamel, Jean (American Chemical Society, 2019-02-05)The interactions between the surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate (AOT) and starch nanoparticles hydrophobically modified with the hydrophobic dye pyrene (Py-SNPs) were investigated in ... -
Thermoresponsive Starch Nanoparticles for Use in the Extraction of Oil from Oil Sands
zhang, Qian (University of Waterloo, 2018-05-18)Oil sands represent the most abundant reserves of oil in the world. Nearly 97% of the oil reserves of Canada are found in the form of oil sands. Despite continued research, the extraction of oil from oil sands is costly ...