Superhydrophobic alkanethiol-coated microsubmarines for effective removal of oil

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4445-4451

  Guix, Maria ^a,b   Orozco, Jahir ^a   Garcia, Miguel ^a,c   Gao, Wei ^a   Sattayasamitsathit, Sirilak ^a   Merkoči, Arben ^b   Escarpa, Alberto ^c   Wang, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental remediation; Liquid liquid interface; Microsubmarine; Nanomachine; Oil collection; Self assembled monolayer; Self propulsion; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACES; MICROSUBMARINE; NANOMACHINES; SELF-PROPULSION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

DROPS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOADING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROPULSION; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SORPTION; WATER POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84864670813     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301175b     Document Type: Article

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