Catastrophic oil spills and oil from waste waters such as bilge and fracking waters pose
major environmental concerns. The limitations of existing cleanup techniques for benign oil …

Large oil spills and oily wastewater discharges from ships and industrial activities can have
serious impacts on the environment with potentially major economic impacts. Current oil …

Oil can be released into the environment from different sources such as runoff, accidental oil
spills and oily wastewater discharges produced during industrial activities and can have …

Oil pollution has posed a great threat to marine ecosystems and human health. In recent
years, many studies have focused on the functionalization of magnetic iron oxide …

In response to oil spills, it is imperative to develop efficient and eco-friendly sorbent
materials. Oil remediation techniques are limited, prompting researchers to look into using …

Oil spills are a major contributor to water contamination, which sets off a significant impact
on the environment, biodiversity, and economy. Efficient removal of oil spills is needed for …

Magnetic nanoparticles are amongst the most promising adsorption materials for oil spill
clean-up due to their high surface area, ease of functionalization with high oil affinity and …

Conventional oil-water separation techniques have limited effectiveness in separating
emulsified oil contaminations in wastewater in the forms of oil-in-water (o/w) or water-in-oil …

Oil spills in marine and non-marine environments can have dramatic effects on the
environment. Previously, we reported near 100% removal of a reference MC252 oil using …

Marine oil spills are one of the major sources of water pollution causing huge environmental
damage and economic destruction. They disturbs the ecological framework of the oceans …