Article title: “Anomalous heavy-oil rheological thinning behavior upon addition of nanoparticles: departure from Einstein’s theory”
Authors: Esteban A. Taborda, Camilo A. Franco, Marco A. Ruiz, Vladimir Alvarado, and Farid B. Cortés
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2017.1302943
We, the Editors and Publisher of Chemical Engineering Communications, are retracting the following article:
Esteban A. Taborda, Camilo A. Franco, Marco A. Ruiz, Vladimir Alvarado & Farid B. Cortés “Anomalous Heavy-Oil Rheological Thinning Behavior upon Addition of Nanoparticles: Departure from Einstein’s Theory” Chemical Engineering Communications 204.6 (2017): 648–657 https://doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2017.1302943
We are now cognizant of substantially similar versions of this article which were concurrently submitted to, and published in, the Adsorption Science & Technology and Energy & Fuels:
Esteban A. Taborda, Camilo A. Franco, Marco A. Ruiz, Vladimir Alvarado & Farid B. Cortés “Striking behavior of the rheology in heavy crude oils by adding nanoparticles” Adsorption Science & Technology 0.0 (2017): 1–16 https://doi.org/10.1177/0263617417727996
Esteban A. Taborda, Camilo A. Franco, Marco A. Ruiz, Vladimir Alvarado & Farid B. Cortés “Experimental and Theoretical Study of Viscosity Reduction in Heavy Crude Oils by Addition of Nanoparticles” Energy & Fuels 31.2 (2017): 1329–1338 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02686
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