Being cost-effective, synthetic materials were initially used abundantly for the removal of oil.
Gradually, however, awareness of the use of dispersants like Corexit, which makes water …

Due to its excellent performance, aerogel is considered to be an especially promising new
material. Cellulose is a renewable and biodegradable natural polymer. Aerogel prepared …

The oily wastewater and oil spill caused by oil leakage accidents are extremely harmful to
human health and the environment. Thus, it is very important to exploit superhydrophobic …

There is a huge risk of contamination of water bodies due to the various oil exploration,
transport, and industrial operational activities that are taking place across the world. Physical …

A simplistic synthesis approach for fabrication of ultra-light density (2.2 to 24 mg. cm− 3),
highly porous (98.4%–99.8%), and cross-linked natural cellulose aerogel from rice straw …

The increasing number of oil spill accidents have a catastrophic impact on our aquatic
environment. Recently, special wettable materials used for the oil/water separation have …

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 …

Carbon‐based functional materials hold the key for solving global challenges in the areas of
water scarcity and the energy crisis. Although carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene have …

In this work, we report the facile synthesis of hydrophobic, flexible, and ultralightweight
(ρsponge≤ 17.3 mg/cm3) nanocellulose sponges using a novel and efficient silylation …

Because of the severe risk of oil pollution and increasing concerns about the sustainability of
sorbent materials, there are considerable interests across the world to develop cost …