Polymer-Based Materials for Oil Spill Recovery and Management

Dear Colleagues,

Energy and raw materials are the essential foundations for any development. Based on those principles, crude petroleum oil gained importance in providing energy and synthesizing synthetic polymers and chemicals worldwide. However, the processes and activities related to petroleum crude oil and its derivatives may result in oil spillage, which has powerful drawbacks of direct or indirect effects on human life and the environment. The elimination of those drawbacks takes a long time and too much effort. Of the different techniques and methods used in oils spill removal, the sorption process comes in the front. The oil sorbents can be classified based on their origin and must have two essential characteristics: a high

capacity to sorb oil and repel water. Different materials with different physical forms have been developed and used as sorbents for oil spills.

The current Special Issue aims to explore the different materials and techniques used in oil spill recovery and management using polymer-based materials. Topics include but are not limited to:

• Synthetic modified polymers, blends, and composites based materials;
• Natural modified polymers, blends, and composites based materials;
• Nanoparticles and nanofibers polymer-based materials;
• Oil gel polymer-based materials.

Prof. Dr. Hesham Mohamed Abd El Fattah Soliman
Dr. Tamer M. Tame
Prof. Dr. Mohamed S. Mohy-Eldin
Dr. Ahmed M. Omar
Guest Editors

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