School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695551, India.
ChemSusChem. 2020 Oct 21;13(20):5343-5360. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202001285. Epub 2020 Sep 4.
Marine oil spills is one of the frequent natural disasters that adversely affect the economy and ecosystem. A variety of methods have been developed to combat marine oil spills. However, none of these methods is ideal and universal for tackling different kinds of oil spills. In addition, most of these methods do not offer the possibility for recovering the spilt oil. There is great interest in developing novel and better methods for combating marine oil spills that allow recovery of the spilt oil. The use of low molecular weight organogelators that can selectively congeal oil from oil-water mixtures have been proposed to be useful for oil spill recovery. From this initial proposal, the area has progressed gradually towards their practical implementation. The advancements and novel concepts in this area are reviewed.
海洋溢油是一种经常发生的自然灾害，它会对经济和生态系统造成不利影响。已经开发了多种方法来应对海洋溢油。然而，这些方法都不是理想的，也不是通用的，可以解决不同种类的溢油问题。此外，这些方法大多没有提供回收溢油的可能性。人们非常希望开发出用于应对海洋溢油的新型、更好的方法，以便回收溢油。使用可以从油水混合物中选择性凝结油的低分子量有机凝胶剂已被提议用于回收溢油。从最初的提议开始，该领域逐渐朝着实际应用的方向发展。本文综述了该领域的进展和新的概念。
