Porous inverse vulcanised polymers for mercury capture

T Hasell; D J Parker; H A Jones; T McAllister; S M Howdle

doi:10.1039/c6cc00938g

Porous inverse vulcanised polymers for mercury capture

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Apr 7;52(31):5383-6. doi: 10.1039/c6cc00938g.

Authors

T Hasell¹, D J Parker¹, H A Jones¹, T McAllister², S M Howdle²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. t.hasell@liv.ac.uk.
² School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.

PMID: 26931278
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00938g

Abstract

Supercritical carbon dioxide is used to generate macroporosity in an inverse vulcanised polymer, which shows excellent promise for enhanced mercury capture and filtration from water.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't