Magnetically controllable sponges for crude oil, mercury, and arsenic removal
In this work, we present three different pathways to render commercial melamine sponges, both magnetic and hydrophobic, thereby offering them the capacity to effectively and selectively remove crude oil and heavy metals from aqueous environments.
Authors
- Μaria-Anna Gatou
- N. Todorova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1453-097X)
- Lamprini-Areti Tsakanika
- M. Pissas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-2896)
- Vasileios Tzitzios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-081X)
- Nefeli Lаgopati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-9510)
- Theopisti Lymperopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7821-8155)
- Evangelia A. Pavlatou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3223-4672)
- Panagiota Bika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-0394)
- Nikos Boukos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0649)
- E. Devlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5817-9424)
- Elias Sakellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2361-3382)
- Panagiotis Dallas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9893-7867)
Institutions
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (GR)
- Academy of Athens (GR)
- Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (GR)
- National Hellenic Research Foundation (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Science Nano
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5en00549c
- Primary Topic
- Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission