Publications

B. Gao and M. M. Sharma, “A New Family of Anionic Surfactants for Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Applications”, SPE Journal, vol. 18, no. 05, pp. 829–840, 2013, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159700-PA.

M. M. Sharma and B. Gao, “SALT-TOLERANT ANIONIC SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) APPLICATIONS”, 13/963460 , 2013 [Online]. Available: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220140096967%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20140096967&RS=DN/20140096967

S. Malhotra and M. M. Sharma, “Settling of Spherical Particles in Unbounded and Confined Surfactant-based Shear Thinning Viscoelastic fluids: An Experimental Study”, Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 84, 2013.

B. Gao and M. M. Sharma, “A New Family of Anionic Surfactants for EOR Applications”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., October 8-10, 2012: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/159700-MS.

D. Ramaswamy and M. M. Sharma, “The Effect of Surfactants on Kinetics of Hydrate Formation”, in SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A., April 11-13, 2011: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/141226-MS.

R. Knight et al., “Geophysics at the Interface: Response of Geophysical Properties to Solid-Fluid, Fluid-Fluid, and Solid-Solid Interfaces”, Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 48, no. 04, 2010, doi: 10.1029/2007RG000242.

E. M. Van Wagner, B. D. Freeman, and M. M. Sharma, “Surface Modification to Enhance the Fouling Resistance of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Membranes”, 2008 AlChE Annual Meeting. AlChE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., November 15-21, 2008, 2008.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Capillary Wicking in Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 12, no. 04, pp. 429–437, 2007, doi: 10.2118/103229-PA.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Evaporative Clean-up of Water-Blocks in Gas Wells”, SPE Journal, vol. 12, no. 02, pp. 209–216, 2007, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/94215-PA.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Water Removal from Porous Media by Gas Injection: Experiments and Simulation”, Transport in Porous Media Journal, vol. 66, 2007.

J. Mahadevan, M. M. Sharma, and Y. C. Yortsos, “Flow-Through Drying of Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 52, 2006.

M. Gladkikh, V. Jain, S. L. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Experimental and Theoretical Basis for a Wettability-Interfacial Area-Relative Permeability Relationship”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., October 5-8, 2003: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2003. doi: 10.2118/84544-MS.

V. Jain, S. L. Bryant, and M. M. Sharma, “Influence of Wettability and Saturation on Liquid – Liquid Interfacial Area in Porous Media”, Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 584–591, 2003, doi: 10.1021/es020550s.

S. Chattopadhyay, V. Jain, and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones”, in SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., April 13-17, 2002: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2002. doi: 10.2118/75189-MS.

A. M. Freitas and M. M. Sharma, “Detachment of Particles from Surfaces: An AFM Study”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 233, no. 01, pp. 73–82, 2001, doi: 10.1006/jcis.2000.7218.

A. Suri and M. M. Sharma, “Strategies for Sizing Particles in Drilling and Completion Fluids”, in SPE European Formation Damage Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, May 21-22, 2001: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2001. doi: 10.2118/68964-MS.

A. M. Freitas and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Surface Hydrophobicity on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces”, Langmuir, vol. 15, no. 07, pp. 2466–2476, 1999, doi: 10.1021/la9807107.

P. R. Filoco and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Brine Salinity and Crude Oil Properties on Relative Permeabilities and Residual Saturations”, in SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., September 27-30, 1998: Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1998. doi: 10.2118/49320-MS.

S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Characterization of Mixed Wettability States in Oil Reservoirs by Atomic Force Microscopy”, SPE Journal, vol. 2, no. 04, pp. 427–435, 1997, doi: 10.2118/35572-PA.

S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Measurement of Critical Disjoining Pressure for Dewetting of Solid Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 181, no. 02, pp. 443–455, 1996, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1996.0401.

S. K. Das, M. M. Sharma, and R. S. Schechter, “Solvation Force in Confined Molecular Fluid Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, no. 17, pp. 7122–7129, 1996, [Online]. Available: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jp952281g

S. Basu and M. M. Sharma, “Effect of Dielectric Saturation on Disjoining Pressure in Thin Films of Aqueous Electrolytes”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 165, no. 02, pp. 355–366, 1994, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1994.1241.

S. K. Das, R. S. Schechter, and M. M. Sharma, “The Role of Surface Roughness and Contact Deformation on the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles From Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 164, no. 01, pp. 63–77, 1994, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1994.1144.

G. Georgiou, A. Sarkar, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part I: An Experimental Investigation”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 489–497, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440412.

A. Sarkar, G. Georgiou, and M. M. Sharma, “Transport of Bacteria in Porous Media. Part II: A Model for Convective Transport and Growth”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Journal, vol. 44, no. 04, pp. 499–508, 1994, doi: 10.1002/bit.260440413.

V. S. Mitlin and M. M. Sharma, “A Local Gradient Theory for Structural Forces in Thin Fluid Films”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 157, no. 02, pp. 447–464, 1993, doi: 10.1006/jcis.1993.1208.

S. Vitthal and M. M. Sharma, “A Stokesian Dynamics Model for Particle Deposition and Buildup in Granular Media”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 153, no. 02, pp. 314–336, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90325-G.

D. A. Allaga, G. Wu, M. M. Sharma, and L. W. Lake, “Barium and Calcium Sulfate Precipitation, Dissolution and Migration in Sandpacks”, SPE Formation Evaluation, vol. 7, no. 01, pp. 79–86, 1992, doi: 10.2118/19765-PA.

M. M. Sharma, H. Chamoun, D. S. R. Sarma, and R. S. Schechter, “Factors Controlling the Hydrodynamic Detachment of Particles from Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 01, pp. 121–134, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90398-6.

A. Gupta and M. M. Sharma, “Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part I: Ellipsometric Measurement of Disjoining Pressure Isotherms for Aqueous Films Bounded by Glass and Mercury”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 02, pp. 392–406, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90430-T.

A. Gupta and M. M. Sharma, “Stability of Thin Aqueous Films on Solid Surfaces, Part II: A Model for Aqueous Films Bounded by Charge Regulating Surfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 149, no. 02, pp. 407–424, 1992, doi: 10.1016/0021-9797(92)90431-K.

D. E. Tambe and M. M. Sharma, “Hydrodynamics of Thin Liquid Films Bounded by Viscoelastic Interfaces”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 147, 1991.

G. Wu and M. M. Sharma, “A Model for Precipitation and Dissolution Processes with Precipitate Migration”, AIChE Journal, vol. 35, 1989.

S. Vitthal, A. Gupta, and M. M. Sharma, “A Rule Based System for Estimating Clay Distribution, Morphology and Formation Damage in Reservoir Rocks”, SPE Formation Evaluation, vol. 4, 1989.

M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “A Network Model for Deep Bed Filtration Processes”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.

M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Fines Migration in Porous Media”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.

M. M. Sharma and Y. C. Yortsos, “Transport of Particulate Suspensions in Porous Media. Model Formulation”, AIChE Journal, vol. 33, 1987.

M. M. Sharma, Y. Chang, and T. Yen, “Reversible and Irreversible Surface Charge Modification of Bacteria for Facilitating Transport through Porous Media”, Colloids and Surfaces, vol. 16, 1985.