Special wettable materials for oil/water separation

Z Xue, Y Cao, N Liu, L Feng, L Jiang - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil/water separation is an important field, not only for scientific research but also for practical
applications aiming to resolve industrial oily wastewater and oil-spill pollution, as well as …

Environmental impacts of oil spills and their remediation by magnetic nanomaterials

H Singh, N Bhardwaj, SK Arya, M Khatri - … nanotechnology, monitoring & …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

A review on superhydrophobic polymer nanocoatings: recent development and applications

S Das, S Kumar, SK Samal, S Mohanty… - Industrial & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the worldwide coating industries and scientific communities have introduced
superhydrophobic coatings with exceptional water repellency for marine, automotive, and …

Porous boron nitride nanosheets for effective water cleaning

W Lei, D Portehault, D Liu, S Qin, Y Chen - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Effective removal of oils, organic solvents and dyes from water is of significant, global
importance for environmental and water source protection. Advanced sorbent materials with …

Structural and functional investigation of graphene oxide–Fe3O4 nanocomposites for the heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction

NA Zubir, C Yacou, J Motuzas, X Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Graphene oxide–iron oxide (GO–Fe3O4) nanocomposites were synthesised by co-
precipitating iron salts onto GO sheets in basic solution. The results showed that formation of …

Magnetically driven floating foams for the removal of oil contaminants from water

P Calcagnile, D Fragouli, IS Bayer, GC Anyfantis… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this study, we present a novel composite material based on commercially available
polyurethane foams functionalized with colloidal superparamagnetic iron oxide …

Nature driven bio‐piezoelectric/triboelectric nanogenerator as next‐generation green energy harvester for smart and pollution free society

S Maiti, SK Karan, JK Kim… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electronics wastes (e‐wastes) are the major concern in the rapid expansion of
smart/wearable/portable electronics in modern high‐tech society. Informal processing and …

Magnetic and highly recyclable macroporous carbon nanotubes for spilled oil sorption and separation

X Gui, Z Zeng, Z Lin, Q Gan, R Xiang… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Development of sorbent materials with high selectivity and sorption capacity, easy collection
and recyclability is demanding for spilled oil recovery. Although many sorption materials …

The emergence of nanotechnology in mitigating petroleum oil spills

S Mishra, G Chauhan, S Verma, U Singh - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The world has witnessed the circumstances shaped by the oil spill for many decades that
cause serious environmental problems and adverse effects on human health. Many …

Versatile fabrication of ultralight magnetic foams and application for oil–water separation

N Chen, Q Pan - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
Ultralow-density (< 10 mg cm–3) materials have many important technological applications;
however, most of them were fabricated using either expensive materials or complicated …