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Start Over Graduate Program Geosciences Year 2017 Committee Member Dr. James Kubicki Keyword DFT Keyword molecular modeling Keyword molecular dynamics Keyword molecular dynamics

1. Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

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Author:
Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola
Title:
Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization
File:
Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member