Pumping through Porous Hydrophobic/Oleophilic Materials: An Alternative Technology for Oil Spill Remediation

Hydrophobic Meshes for Oil Spill Recovery Devices

(2013) Da Deng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Multifunctional Foam with Self-Cleaning and Oil/Water Separation

(2013) Xiyao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stretchable Conductors Based on Silver Nanowires: Improved Performance through a Binary Network Design

(2013) Jin Ge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ultralight, Flexible, and Fire-Resistant Carbon Nanofiber Aerogels from Bacterial Cellulose

(2013) Zhen-Yu Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facile Synthesis of Marshmallow-like Macroporous Gels Usable under Harsh Conditions for the Separation of Oil and Water

(2013) Gen Hayase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Porous boron nitride nanosheets for effective water cleaning

(2013) Weiwei Lei et al.   Nature Communications

Robust superhydrophobic polyurethane sponge as a highly reusable oil-absorption material

(2013) Qing Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Magnetically Driven Floating Foams for the Removal of Oil Contaminants from Water

(2012) Paola Calcagnile et al.   ACS Nano

Spongy Graphene as a Highly Efficient and Recyclable Sorbent for Oils and Organic Solvents

(2012) Hengchang Bi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

On-Demand Separation of Oil-Water Mixtures

(2012) Gibum Kwon et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Terminating Marine Methane Bubbles by Superhydrophobic Sponges

(2012) Xiao Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic properties of graphene-based sponges fabricated using a facile dip coating method

(2012) Duc Dung Nguyen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A new aromatic amino acid based organogel for oil spill recovery

(2012) Shibaji Basak et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Graphene sponge for efficient and repeatable adsorption and desorption of water contaminations

(2012) Jinping Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Photo-induced water–oil separation based on switchable superhydrophobicity–superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity of the aligned ZnO nanorod array-coated mesh films

(2012) Dongliang Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Separation by reconfiguration

(2012) Robert W. Field   NATURE

Hygro-responsive membranes for effective oil–water separation

(2012) Arun K. Kota et al.   Nature Communications

Smart surfaces with switchable superoleophilicity and superoleophobicity in aqueous media: toward controllable oil/water separation

(2012) Lianbin Zhang et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Phase selective carbohydrate gelator

(2012) Somnath Mukherjee et al.   RSC Advances

Facile dip coating processed graphene/MnO2 nanostructured sponges as high performance supercapacitor electrodes

(2012) Jin Ge et al.   Nano Energy

Polyester Materials with Superwetting Silicone Nanofilaments for Oil/Water Separation and Selective Oil Absorption

(2011) Junping Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Novel Superhydrophilic and Underwater Superoleophobic Hydrogel-Coated Mesh for Oil/Water Separation

(2011) Zhongxin Xue et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Optical Devices from Self-Healing Gels Formed by Oil and Sugar-Based Organogelators

(2011) Adiyala Vidyasagar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fate of Dispersants Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

(2011) Elizabeth B. Kujawinski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facile Removal and Collection of Oils from Water Surfaces through Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic Sponges

(2011) Qing Zhu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

High-Performance Nanostructured Supercapacitors on a Sponge

(2011) Wei Chen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Vertically-aligned carbon nano-tube membrane filters with superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity

(2010) Cheesung Lee et al.   CARBON

Carbon Nanotube Sponges

(2009) Xuchun Gui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis and Evaluation of Ethoxylated Alkyl Sulfosuccinates as Oil Spill Dispersants

(2008) A. M. Al-Sabagh et al.   JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

(2008) Jikang Yuan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology