Laser-treated cork absorbs oil for carbon-neutral ocean cleanup Treated cork has higher absorbance, harnesses sunlight to trap oil in minutes Date: ...

Oil contamination from various human activities (such as oil spills from production, transportation, shipping, and storage) and natural events (e.g., natural seepage) has caused significant ...

A new material capable of the adsorption of organic pollutants in water The organomica C18-Mica-4 eliminates between 70 and 100 percent of these toxic compounds in less than 24 hours ...

Depending on the material, sorbent booms can absorb anywhere between 3 and 70 times their weight in oil. However, the main weakness of sorbent booms is that they can only be used once.

The results show that the material C18-Mica-4 is capable of eliminating the majority of pollutants that were evaluated in urban waste water, as well as surface water and potable water. The study ...

Femtosecond laser structured black superhydrophobic cork for efficient solar-driven cleanup of crude oil. Applied Physics Letters. 2024;124(17):171601. doi: 10.1063/5.0199291. This article has been ...

To remove oil from water, the authors used cork treated by a fast-pulsing laser method that removes some oxygen from the material, increasing the relative carbon and making it more water-repelling ...

Oil spills are deadly disasters for ocean ecosystems. They can have lasting impacts on fish and marine mammals for decades and wreak havoc on coastal forests, coral reefs, and the surrounding land.