Nowadays, lightweight
materials have attracted great interests from numerous
advanced areas, especially for adsorbing materials. Herein,
as an example of potential application, the NFC aerogels
were adopted as adsorbents to adsorb various organic solvents
and waste oil. Prior to the adsorption, the aerogels
were subjected to a facile hydrophobic modification by
MTCS for enhancing the interfacial compatibility between
hydrophilic cellulose and hydrophobic organic liquids. The
hydrophobicity was evaluated by the contact angle measurement.