It is one of the most puzzling problems in astrophysics to understand the anomalous resistivity in collisionless magnetic reconnection that is believed extensively to be responsible for the energy release in various eruptive phenomena. The magnetic null point in the reconnect current sheet, acting as a scattering center, can lead to chaotic motions of particles in the current sheet, which is on...

Indium tin oxide thin films with different thicknesses were deposited on polymer substrates, held at room temperature, using electron beam evaporation. The dependence of structural properties, optical properties and room temperature resistivity on the indium tin oxide film thickness was studied. X-ray diffraction illustrates the amorphous structure for all the indium tin oxide prepared films. T...

Oblique-angle deposition of indium tin oxide (ITO) is used to fabricate optical thin-film coatings with a porous, columnar nanostructure. Indium tin oxide is a material that is widely used in industrial applications because it is both optically transparent and electrically conductive. The ITO coatings are fabricated, using electron-beam evaporation, with a range of deposition angles between 0 d...

A network model that investigates electrical resistivity and capillary pressure curves of oil/water/rock systems for a full̄ooded cycle (primary drainage, imbibition and secondary drainage) is presented. This model uses a realistic pore geometry in the form of a grain boundary pore (GBP) shape and pore constrictions. The model also incorporates pore-scale displacement mechanisms and pore-scale w...

Low resistivity in argillaceous sandstone reservoirs may be attributed either to the effect of microporosity, or to specific effects due to clays and/or to conducting minerals. In the frame of a study on pore lining chlorite bearing sandstones, from different hydrocarbon reservoirs, measurements of cation exchange capacities and specific surface areas have been performed, on whole rocks as well...

a Laboratoire d’Étude et Modélisation des Environnements Littoraux (Lemel), Université de Bretagne Sud, Centre Yves Coppens, Campus de Tohannic, F-56000, Vannes. b Laboratoire de Statistiques Appliquées de BREtagne Sud (Sabres), Université de Bretagne Sud, Centre Yves Coppens, Campus de Tohannic, F-56000, Vannes. c Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Applications des Mathématiques (LMAM) , Universi...