Innovative Water Repellent Super hydrophobic Cotton Developed (E)
To provide an efficient technology for oil-spill cleanup in water bodies, researchers from IIT Guwahati have now designed an innovative composite material using Metal Organic Framework and cotton. The easy to prepare, cost-effective and recyclable material has great capability for selective separation of the oils from oil-water mixtures and has been tested using Motor oil, kerosene and gasoline
