Flexible, Mechanically Durable Aerogel Composites for Oil Capture and Recovery

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 215-224

  Karatum, Osman ^a   Steiner, Stephen A ^b   Griffin, Justin S ^b   Shi, Wenbo ^c   Plata, Desiree L ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Aerogel Technologies   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

aerogel blanket; mechanical extraction; oil remediation; oil sorbent; polyurethane foam

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; OIL SPILLS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYURETHANES; RECOVERY; SORBENTS; SORPTION;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; AEROGEL BLANKETS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; MECHANICAL EXTRACTION; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SORPTION MECHANISM; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84954426227     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08439     Document Type: Article

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