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Experimental and Theoretical Study on Supramolecular Ionic Liquid (IL)-Asphaltene Complex Interactions and Their
R Hernández-Bravo1, A D Miranda1, J-M Martínez-Magadán1
1Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo , Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, Col. San Bartolo Atepehuacan, Gustavo A. Madero , México City , C.P. 07730 , México.
Abstract:
A combined study for understanding the molecular interactions of asphaltenes with molecular species such as ionic liquids (ILs) comprised experimental measurements and computational numerical simulation calculations, using density-functional theory (DFT) with dispersion corrections, molecular dynamics (MD) calculations, and experimental rheological characterization of the heavy crude oils (HCOs), before and after doping with ILs, respectively. The main results show that ILs influence the asphaltenic dimer association by forming supramolecular complexes that modify the properties of crude oils such as viscosity and interfacial tension. The IL-cation and asphaltene-π ligand molecular interactions seem to dominate the interactions between ionic liquids and asphaltenes, where ILs' high aromaticity index induces a strong interaction with the aromatic hard core of asphaltenes.
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