Oil-trapping mesh could be used to clean up oil spills. The mesh lets water through (blue) but holds back oil (red) (Photo: Jo McCulty/The Ohio State University) View 4 Images 1 / 4. The ...

When the mixture hits the mesh, oil collects on the surface—that’s the red stuff in the image above—while water passes through. The oil can then be poured off into another container.

Containing oil spills: Nano-coated mesh could clean oil spills for less than $1 per square foot. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 04 ...

Nano-coated mesh could clean oil spills for less than $1 per square foot The unassuming piece of stainless steel mesh in a lab at The Ohio State University doesn’t look like a very big deal, but ...

Scientists create mesh that traps oil — but lets WATER through RESEARCHERS have created a stainless steel mesh that TRAPS oil – but lets water pass through.

A stainless steel mesh with a high-tech coating captures oil, but water passes right through. With further development, the researchers say, 'you could potentially catch an oil spill with a net.' ...

Posted: Sep 01, 2011: Novel hydrogel-coated mesh is promising material for oil spill clean-ups (Nanowerk Spotlight) Earlier this year, in the follow-up to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf ...

The unassuming piece of stainless steel mesh in a lab at The Ohio State University doesn’t look like a very big deal, but it Thu ,Dec 26, 2024 Bangalore Mirror. Home; Coronavirus ...

But a new technique may eventually be able to remediate oil spills without any chemicals–by using specially coated mesh to scoop oil directly out of water. ...

Water passes through the mesh but oil doesn't, thanks to a nearly invisible oil-repelling coating on its surface. Futurism Updated 8.13.15, 5:26 PM EDT by Kevin Woods ...