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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 320 - 321 (2008)
Published online: 30 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.143
Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Structural properties
Environmental nanotechnology: Nanomaterials clean up
Joerg Lahann1
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Joerg Lahann is in the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA.
e-mail: lahann@umich.edu
Abstract
Membranes made of manganese oxide nanowires can be used to selectively absorb oil from water through a combination of superhydrophobicity and capillary action.
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