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Jing Yuan1, Lexuan Zhong2, Mohammadtaghi Vakili3

  • 1Green Intelligence Environment School, Yangtze Normal University, China; CanmetENERGY Devon Research Centre, Natural Resources Canada, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, Alberta, T9G 1A8, Canada; University of Alberta, 9211-116 Street NW, T6G 1H9, Canada.

Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling
|May 26, 2019
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Asphaltene's aggregationDynamics propertiesMolecular dynamic (MD) simulationWater-oil interfaces

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