title: Scalable Multifunctional Ultra-thin Graphite Sponge: Free-standing, Superporous, Superhydrophobic, Oleophilic Architecture with Ferromagnetic Properties for Environmental Cleaning.
abstract: Water decontamination and oil/water separation are principal motives in the surge to develop novel means for sustainability. In this prospect, supplying clean water for the ecosystems is as important as the recovery of the oil spills since the supplies are scarce. Inspired to design an engineering material which not only serves this purpose, but can also be altered for other applications to preserve natural resources, a facile template-free process is suggested to fabricate a superporous, superhydrophobic ultra-thin graphite sponge. Moreover, the process is designed to be inexpensive and scalable. The fabricated sponge can be used to clean up different types of oil, organic solvents, toxic and corrosive contaminants. This versatile microstructure can retain its functionality even when pulverized. The sponge is applicable for targeted sorption and collection due to its ferromagnetic properties. We hope that such a cost-effective process can be embraced and implemented widely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Hamed Hosseini
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Bay
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patino
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Paige
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Mihrimah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.|Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
authors.forename: Cengiz S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ozkan