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Oil Spills: Barrel‐Shaped Oil Skimmer Designed for Collection of Oil from Spills (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 15/2015)
Author(s) -
Song Jinlong,
Lu Yao,
Luo Jie,
Huang Shuai,
Wang Long,
Xu Wenji,
Parkin Ivan P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201570077
Subject(s) - barrel (horology) , oil spill , materials science , absorption (acoustics) , crude oil , petroleum engineering , chemical engineering , environmental science , composite material , environmental engineering , engineering
A barrel‐shaped oil‐skimmer composed of a superhydrophobic‐superoleophilic Cu foam and a glass barrel has been developed to separate oil and water. In article number 1500350, W. J. Xu and co‐workers demonstrate that the device quickly and selectively absorbs and collects a variety of oils from a polluted water surface, showing a high separation efficiency and volume‐based absorption capacity. It also shows good storage stability; no oil escapes from the skimmer under harsh conditions.