Bin Pan

Dr. Bin Pan


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 January 2025 in ACS Omega
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HTHua Tian
Hua Tian
TCTing Chen
Ting Chen
XWXiaohan Wang
Xiaohan Wang
YLYajun Li
Yajun Li
BPBin Pan
Bin Pan
Mineral wettability is a crucial factor that determines the distribution of oil and water at the pore scale and, thus, influences oil reserves and recovery efficiency at the reservoir scale. Adding surfactants is one of the most common methods used to modify mineral wettability. However, previous studies on modifying mineral wettability via surfactants were mainly performed under room-temperature conditions, which do not represent the high-temperature reservoir conditions. A systematic investigation of the effects of temperature and surfactant on wettability in mineral-oil-water systems is still lacking. Therefore, in this study, the impact of temperature (25 °C vs 50 °C), surfactant type (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide [CTAB] vs sodium dodecyl sulfate [SDS]), and concentration (0-0.2 wt %) on the wettability of three representative minerals (including quartz, mica, and calcite) was systematically investigated via water contact angle (θ) measurements in an oil environment. It is demonstrated that as the temperature increased, in the presence of CTAB (0.024 wt %), quartz and mica became more oil-wet, while calcite became more water-wet. In the presence of SDS (0.2 wt %), quartz, mica, and calcite became more water-wet. At 50 °C, with the increased CTAB concentration, quartz, mica, and calcite became more oil-wet and then became more water-wet. At 50 °C, for quartz and mica, they become strongly oil-wet (quartz: 140°; mica: 163°) at the specified CTAB concentration (0.006 wt %), while they remained water-wet (quartz: 34° ∼ 60°; mica: 33° ∼ 50°) in all SDS systems. This work provides a fundamental understanding of wettability modification of various minerals via surfactants at oil reservoir conditions, thus aiding in efficient oil extraction in various geological reservoirs.

3 February 2026 in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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XWXiaohan Wang
Xiaohan Wang
YZYuhang Zhou
Yuhang Zhou
HTHua Tian
Hua Tian
MZMingshan Zhang
Mingshan Zhang
MGMaratbek Gabdullin
Maratbek Gabdullin
BPBin Pan
Bin Pan