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Prime Minister's Research Fellow| Indo-German Science Technology Fellow| IIT Bombay| BASF SE Germany| Chemical Engineer| NIT Nagpur (VNIT)| Ex-Godrejite

Asphaltene adsorption on mineral surfaces is an undesirable phenomenon that is responsible for several problems pestering the petroleum industries, including but not limited to reduced oil extraction efficiency, pipeline clogging, catalyst deactivation, etc. In our recent work, we showed that the common belief that 'all asphaltenes preferentially adsorb over rock surfaces' is not always true. We showed that the adsorption is governed by the contributions from core, chains and heteroatoms within in asphaltene structure, also the competition provided by surrounding oil phase molecules. More details are in: https://lnkd.in/d9SkppJQ I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Ateeque Malani, for his invaluable guidance throughout this research journey. I would also like to express my appreciation to Mr. Shubham Chobe, my colleague, for his unwavering support. #iitbombay #research #pmrf #oilandgasindustry #eor #acs #energy&fuels

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