Sugar-Derived Phase-Selective Molecular Gelators as Model Solidifiers for Oil Spills

被引:332
作者
Jadhav, Swapnil R. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Vemula, Praveen Kumar [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Kumar, Rakesh [4 ]
Raghavan, Srinivasa R. [4 ]
John, George [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] CUNY City Coll, Dept Chem, New York, NY 10031 USA
[2] CUNY, Grad Sch, New York, NY 10031 USA
[3] CUNY, Univ Ctr, New York, NY 10031 USA
[4] Univ Maryland, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
biocatalysis; molecular gelators; oil pollution; self-assembly; solidifiers; GELATION; MIXTURES;
D O I
10.1002/anie.201002095
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Mopping up: Phase-selective gelators were synthesized from sugar alcohols using biocatalysis. The gelators exhibited an unprecedented ability to phase-selectively gel only organic liquids including crude-oil fractions in the presence of water at room temperature. Oil can be recovered from the gelled phase by heating and distillation. Thus this class of materials may be useful in recovering oil from spills. © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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页码:7695 / 7698
页数:4
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