Crude oil is one of the most widely used energy and industrial raw materials that is crucial to
the world economy, and is used to produce various petroleum products. However, crude oil …

Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

An efficient collection and recovery of high-viscous crude-oil from oil spillage through an
environmental-friendly way is extremely important for water remediation. Herein, a new …

Oil spill rapidly destroys aquatic system and threatens humans, requiring fast and efficient
remedy for removal of oil. The conventional remedy employs water-floating oil adsorbents …

Effective separation of highly viscous crude oil/water mixtures remains a worldwide
challenge. Employing special wettable materials with adsorptive properties as an emerging …

Rapid cleanup of heavy oil spills is always considered a great challenge because
conventional porous oil sorbents cannot efficiently remove them due to the high viscosity of …

Introducing heating function to oil sorbents opens up a new pathway to the fast cleanup of
viscous crude oil spills in situ. The oil sorption speed increases with the rise of the …

Offshore oil leakage can cause huge economic losses and seriously disrupt the ecological
balance. A novel approach to all-weather recovery of crude oil with high viscosity is …

Oil/water separation is a signification field as it has direct practical influence for resolving the
problem of industrial oily wastewater and other oil/water pollution. Thus, it is imperative to …

Due to the frequent spill accidents during crude oil exploration and transport, to rapidly
cleanup crude oil and eliminate the environmental pollution of oil spill is in high demand. In …