eprintid: 10060765 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/07/65 datestamp: 2018-11-09 11:56:11 lastmod: 2021-10-15 23:11:39 status_changed: 2018-11-09 11:56:11 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wang, X creators_name: Lu, Y creators_name: Carmalt, CJ creators_name: Parkin, IP creators_name: Zhang, X title: Multifunctional Porous and Magnetic Silicone with High Elasticity, Durability, and Oil-Water Separation Properties ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: C06 divisions: F56 keywords: Magnetic silicone; Robust; Elastic; Porous; Oil/water separation note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Frequent oil spills and industrial emissions of organic solvents cause serious environmental problems. Therefore, finding a high-performance absorbent material is necessary but also challenging. Here we present a very simple method to fabricate a magnetic porous silicone that exhibits excellent absorbency, fast magnetic responsiveness, high elasticity, stretchability, and high chemical stability. The porous silicone instantly adsorbs any oil floating on water in a complex environment under magnetic field driving, without human operation, and can also separate the oil/water mixture automatically and quickly at high efficiency using an external pump. The oil absorption capacity and mechanical properties, such as compressibility and stretchability, were robust even under corrosive conditions or UV exposure. The robust, reusable magnetic porous silicone is a promising candidate for the large-scale industrial separation of organic solvents/water mixtures in harsh conditions. date: 2018-11-06 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02899 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1597117 doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02899 lyricists_name: Carmalt, Claire lyricists_name: Lu, Yao lyricists_name: Parkin, Ivan lyricists_id: CJCAR00 lyricists_id: LUBXX92 lyricists_id: IPPAR53 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Langmuir volume: 34 number: 44 pagerange: 13305-13311 event_location: United States issn: 1520-5827 citation: Wang, X; Lu, Y; Carmalt, CJ; Parkin, IP; Zhang, X; (2018) Multifunctional Porous and Magnetic Silicone with High Elasticity, Durability, and Oil-Water Separation Properties. Langmuir , 34 (44) pp. 13305-13311. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02899 <https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02899>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060765/1/Lu_Manuscript15.pdf