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Superhydrophobic plasma polymerized nanosponge with high oil sorption capacity
Author(s) -
Torasso Nicolás,
Trupp Federico,
Arias Durán Andrés,
D'Accorso Norma,
Grondona Diana,
Goyanes Silvia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.201800158
Subject(s) - adsorption , sorption , chemical engineering , polymerization , wetting , acetylene , materials science , porosity , plasma polymerization , irradiation , plasma , chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , polymer , physics , nuclear physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
Oil spills in water cause environmental and economic disasters. Herein, a superhydrophobic and oleophilic carbonaceous nanosponge (CN) with high adsorption capacity for selective oil removal from water was developed. It was grown by plasma polymerization of commercial acetylene in a radio frequency glow discharge (RFGD), a single‐step, scalable technique. The CN is a porous network of spherical nanoparticles with a broad pore size distribution. It adsorbs 33 times its own weight of light crude oil, with null water adsorption in shaking conditions (ASTM F726‐12). Because the CN could be used under sunlight exposure, the effect of UV light irradiation was studied. Potential applications of the CN arise, as it can be deposited on many substrates and change their wetting properties.