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Zheng, X., Shen, X., Bourg, I. C. (2025). Coarse grained simulation of the self-assembly of thousands of clay particles in liquid water: Microstructure and mechanics as a function of particle shape and aqueous chemistry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137573

Shen, X., Zheng, X., Bourg, I. C. (2025). A coarse-grained model of clay colloidal aggregation and consolidation with explicit representation of the electrical double layer. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.12.053

Zheng, X. & Bourg, I. C. (2023). Nanoscale prediction of the thermal, mechanical, and transport properties of hydrated clay on 106- and 1015-fold larger length and time scales. ACS Nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c05751

Zheng, X., Underwood, T. R., & Bourg, I. C. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical properties of bentonite clay at 298 to 373 K. Applied Clay Science, 240, 106964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2023.106964

Zheng, X. & Espinoza, D. N. (2022). Stochastic quantification of CO2 fault sealing capacity in sand-shale sequences. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 105961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105961

Zheng, X., Espinoza, D. N., Vandamme, M., & Pereira, J.-M. (2022). CO2 plume and pressure monitoring through pressure sensors above the caprock. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 117, 103660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103660

Zheng, X. & Espinoza, D. N. (2021). Measurement of unloading pore volume compressibility of Frio sand under uniaxial strain stress path and implications on reservoir pressure management. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02571-3

Zheng, X. & Espinoza, D. N. (2021). Multiphase CO2-brine transport properties of synthetic fault gouge. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 129, 105054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105054