Feng Zhou , Yu Song , Jun Tang , Fuli Bian , Di Zhang , Xianyan Ren
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Abstract
Highly efficient oil adsorption materials, combining high capacity with fast kinetics, offer a highly effective solution for chemical and oil spill remediation. In view of this, a closed hollow-shell adsorption resin (PETB) was designed and synthesized through solution polymerization of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM), 4-tert-butylstyrene (tBS) and trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), followed by controlled precipitation in methanol. When the monomer ratio of EPDM to tBS is 2:1 and TMPTA accounts for 7.53 % of the total monomers, the hollow-shell PETB exhibits a chloroform adsorption capacity of ∼43.21 mL/g, approximately 1.5 times higher than that of unshaped PETB resin and most reported EPDM-containing oil adsorption resins. And the hollow-shell PETB reaches adsorption equilibrium in 30–70 min depending on the oil solvents. Furthermore, the hollow-shell PETB demonstrates both high oil solvent selectivity in oil-water mixtures and exceptional oil retention (>99 %), positioning it as an excellent candidate for rapid spill remediation of chemicals and oils.
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Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects is an international journal devoted to the science underlying applications of colloids and interfacial phenomena.
The journal aims at publishing high quality research papers featuring new materials or new insights into the role of colloid and interface science in (for example) food, energy, minerals processing, pharmaceuticals or the environment.