Compressible Carbon Nanotube-Graphene Hybrid Aerogels with Superhydrophobicity and Superoleophilicity for Oil Sorption

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-220

  Hu, Han ^a   Zhao, Zongbin ^a   Gogotsi, Yury ^a,b   Qiu, Jieshan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

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EID: 84969211085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez500021w     Document Type: Article

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