Highly Porous, Hydrophobic, and Compressible Cellulose Nanocrystals/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Aerogels as Recyclable Absorbents for Oil–Water Separation

By Xiaoyu Gong, Yixiang Wang, Hongbo Zeng, M. Betti, Lingyun Chen. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019

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This work reports porous and hydrophobic aerogels prepared from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with the assistance of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), followed by thermal chemical vapor deposition of meth...

Subfields: Biomaterials, Spectroscopy, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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