Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11020367
Keywords
expanded vermiculite; PDMS vapor deposition; oil sorbent; oil-collecting
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- GRRC program of Gyeonggi province [GRRC-HY2020B04]
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A low-cost oil sorbent was prepared by modifying expanded vermiculite, exhibiting excellent oil/water separation performance and efficient sorption capacity, suitable for oil spill remediation and oil-collecting equipment.
Naturally abundant vermiculite clay was expanded by using an aqueous solution of H2O2 and its surface was modified with ultra-thin polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) using facile thermal vapor deposition to prepare an ecologically friendly, low-cost oil sorbent that plays an important role in oil spillage remediation. The resulting PDMS-coated expanded vermiculite (eVMT@PDMS) particles exhibited adequate hydrophobicity and oleophilicity for oil/water separation, with numerous conical slit pores (a size of 0.1-100 mu m) providing a great sorption capacity and an efficient capillarity-driven flow pathway for oil collection. Simply with using a physically-packed eVMT@PDMS tube (or pouch), selective oil removals were demonstrated above and beneath the surface of the water. Furthermore, these sorbents were successfully integrated and then applied to the advanced oil-collecting devices such as a barrel-shaped oil skimmer and a self-primed oil pump.
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