most reservoir fluids contain heavy paraffinic compounds that may precipitate as a solid or solid like material called wax if the fluid is cooled down. wax precipitation is a phenomenon of considerable importance in oil industry. an increase in aggregation results in enhanced oil viscosity. this however causes significant negative effects on production, transportation and processing of crude oi...

A formulation of the intermolecular force in the nonideal-gas lattice Boltzmann equation method is examined. Discretization errors in the computation of the intermolecular force cause parasitic currents. These currents can be eliminated to roundoff if the potential form of the intermolecular force is used with compact isotropic discretization. Numerical tests confirm the elimination of the para...

Intermolecular features in atomic force microscopy images of organic molecules have been ascribed to intermolecular bonds. A recent theoretical study [P. Hapala et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, 085421 (2014)] showed that these features can also be explained by the flexibility of molecule-terminated tips. We probe this effect by carrying out atomic force microscopy experiments on a model system that con...