Introduction of an enhanced binding of reduced graphene oxide to polyurethane sponge for oil absorption

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 3657-3663

  Tjandra, Ricky ^a   Lui, Gregory ^a   Veilleux, Alicia ^a   Broughton, Josh ^a   Chiu, Gordon ^b   Yu, Aiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Grafoid Global Technology Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING AGENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYURETHANES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

COVALENTLY BOUND; OIL ABSORPTION; OIL WATER SEPARATION; POLYURETHANE SPONGE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SORBENT MATERIALS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TRIETHOXYSILANE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84927923224     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00748     Document Type: Article

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