Traditional superhydrophobic material use depends on two processes: creating a rough structure on a material surface and modifying the rough surface with low surface energy materials.
A superhydrophobic fabric was first fabricated by a novel mussel-inspired strategy with the aid of folic acid and a low concentration of dopamine without any additional nanoparticle incorporation. A mini boat of this fabric can automatically recycle oil spills while floating freely on water.
ABSTRACT
At 4:00 p.m. on September 21, 1978, a fire and major oil spill occurred at the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in West Hackberry, Louisiana. Five days later, the fire was extinguished and within another two days, more than 30,000 barrels of oil had been recovered from the adjoining lake. History will record the event as a serious accident that resulted in one death and an injury, but a closer look will reveal one bright spot—an effective oil spill cleanup operation.
Superhydrophobic engineering materials provide a rapid and simple route for highly efficient self-driven crude oil spill cleanup