2020年6月5日 · A team funded by the National Science Foundation has developed a porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to inexpensively and efficiently clean up oil spills without harming marine life.

2017年3月6日 · A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites.

2020年5月29日 · Researchers from Northwestern University created a smart sponge that can selectively soak up oil and leave behind clean water. The sponge can absorb over 30 times its own weight in oil and be reused dozens of times without losing effectiveness.

Argonne’s invention, known as Oleo Sponge, offers promise for dramatically improving our ability to combat this problem – whether it be a catastrophic oil spill that devastates the Gulf Coast of the United States or chronic issues with contamination in harbors and ports around the world.

2020年6月21日 · A team from Northwestern University has developed a highly porous smart sponge that can selectively soak up oil spills in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in...

2020年5月28日 · Although we've seen many materials designed for removing oil spills from water, many of them are single-use, ultimately ending up in landfills. Now, however, scientists have created an...

2017年3月6日 · At tests at a giant seawater tank in New Jersey called Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility, the Oleo Sponge successfully collected diesel and crude oil from both below and on the water surface.

2025年2月7日 · Yan et al. developed a superabsorbent sponge for removing crude oil from water. Their solution is fast, cheap, efficient, and produces no secondary pollution. Crude oil is extremely toxic and difficult to separate from water, making cleaning up spills particularly challenging.

2020年6月3日 · Coated with an inexpensive graphite composite, this sponge selectively absorbs oil and repels water. The words “sponges” and “cleanup” might evoke dirty dishes and kitchen duty. But to a team of materials scientists, they are the …

2015年4月28日 · The Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Science Technology (EMPA) has invented a new sponge that can clean up oil spills. It is simple in appearance but may prove to be a powerful tool in cleaning up oil spills in oceans and lakes.