A mannitol based phase selective supergelator offers a simple, viable and greener method to combat marine oil spills
- 29 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 48 (43), 5250-5252
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc31631e
Abstract
Though phase selective organogelators (PSOGs) are thought to be useful for oil spill recovery, all known PSOGs require a water-miscible carrier solvent for their introduction. Providing a simple, cheap, green and practical solution to the problem of oil spills, we report a nontoxic super-PSOG that can be sprayed aerially in a carrier solvent destined to get co-congealed with the oil.Keywords
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