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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 226, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115286
Keywords
Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC); Aerogel; Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA); Oil spill cleaning
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- Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, under the Early Career Research Award [ECR/2016/000621/CS]
- Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, India
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The present work aims towards the structuring of a physically cross-linked aerogels based on nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), i.e., NFC/PVA aerogels for oil spillage cleanup. Highly porous (98%) NFC/PVA aerogels having both meso-micro pores were achieved by freeze drying technique. To impart super-hydrophobicity to the composite aerogel, a simple dip coating process was adopted using stearic acid chloride (SAC) solution. The SAC conjugated aerogels combined both superhydrophobic and oleophilic characteristics showed a contact angle of similar to 159 degrees and similar to 0 degrees with water and oil respectively. FESEM and X-ray microtomography images revealed a self-assembled 3D porous cellular structure of the aerogels. The prepared aerogels were found to be very efficient in separating a series of oil/water mixtures and various organic solvents with excellent selectivity and recyclability. Absorption capacity of the aerogels was at least 35 times higher than their dry weight. Simple mechanical squeezing method was adopted for repetitive uses.
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