Silica aerogel composite with inherent superparamagnetic property: a pragmatic and ecofriendly approach for oil spill clean-up under harsh conditions

PK Renjith, C Sarathchandran… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral oil spills over aquatic bodies have very serious and adverse impacts on the
environment and ecological wellbeing, in addition to causing enormous economic and …

A Comparative Study of Cr(VI) Sorption by Aureobasidium pullulans AKW Biomass and Its Extracellular Melanin: Complementary Modeling with Equilibrium …

H Fakhry, AA Ghoniem, FO Al-Otibi, YA Helmy… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Melanin as a natural polymer is found in all living organisms, and plays an important role in
protecting the body from harmful UV rays from the sun. The efficiency of fungal biomass …

Surfactant-modified cellulose nanocrystal enhanced loess-beam-like electrospinning membrane for selective oil/water separation

H Wang, H Dong, X Li, J Feng, L Niu, ZM Liu - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Functional membranes that are both robust and porous with selective wettability find
widespread application in oil/water separation processes. This study used polyacrylonitrile …

Synthesis of graphene/hollow carbon fiber composite aerogels for oil spill cleanup

CEI Torres, TES Quezada, OV Kharissova… - Mendeleev …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthesis of graphene/hollow carbon fiber composite aerogels for oil spill cleanup Page 1
Mendeleev Commun., 2023, 33, 572–573 – 572 – Mendeleev Communications © 2023 …

[HTML][HTML] A Green Approach to Oil Spill Mitigation: New Hybrid Materials for Wastewater Treatment

I Apostol, MV Dinu, N Anghel, I Spiridon - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on the development of adsorptive materials to retain degraded 5w40
motor oil. The materials were prepared using xanthan (XG) and XG esterified with acrylic …

Bio-sorptive remediation of crude oil polluted sea water using plantain (Musa parasidiaca) leaves as bio-based sorbent: Parametric optimization by Taguchi technique …

BE Eboibi, MC Ogbue, EC Udochukwu, JE Umukoro… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study investigated the potential of employing plantain leaves as a natural bio-based
sorbent for crude oil spill polluted seawater remediation. Type L 9 (3 4) Taguchi orthogonal …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the potential of using tannery process solid hair waste for spent engine and vegetable oils removal from water and toxicity assessment using …

C Tsamo, AH Zangue, EE Herbaud… - Case Studies in Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination of water and soils by oil is becoming one of the most dangerous pollution
problem to handle due to oil toxicity to aquatic organisms, degradation of soil quality and …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Potential of Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate—Lignocellulose/Carbon Nanotube–Graphene Nanosheets an Efficient Extractor for Oil Spill

W Alhassani, BG Alhogbi, MA Hussein, MS El-Shahawi - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global challenge of oil spill treatment has been addressed using nanocomposite-based
natural fibers. These materials offer great potential in oil spill cleanup and are considered …

Facile fabrication of polystyrene/lignin/OV-POSS nanocomposite monolith by thermally induced phase separation method for wastewater cleanup

A Alassod, W Alkhateeb, I Alghoraibi, G Alassod… - Polymer Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
In this study, we successfully fabricated biocomposite monoliths using a facile, cost-effective,
and friendly method via the thermally induced phase separation method using Polystyrene …

Bio-sequestration of crude oil from seawater by bio-adsorption onto oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) fruit mesocarp fiber: Taguchi process optimization, batch isotherm …

BE Eboibi, EC Udochukwu, MC Ogbue… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the performance potential of oil palm fruit mesocarp fiber (OPFMF) as a natural
bio-adsorbent for the adsorptive crude oil bio-sequestration from seawater as well as the …