SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
Interface Sciences Corporation (www.interfacesciences.com)
announced that in response to oil spill problems
stemming from the current Hurricane Katrina disaster
and oil crises, the company is launching its proprietary
oil remediation and recovery application.
Interface Sciences treated material absorbs about
40 times it weight in oil, far exceeding existing
commercially available remediation materials. Because
water is completely rejected by the ISC material,
the oil can be recovered for use, a substantial
benefit in oil spill cleanup efforts. The new oil
cleanup solution uses patented Self-Assembled Monolayer
(SAMs) technology.
ISC Chief Executive Officer Mitch Hawkins said, "Interface
Sciences Corporation wants to make this highly
effective material widely available to help mitigate
the environmental and health impacts caused by
the approximate 3,000 worldwide annual oil spills,
and in particular oil spill damage caused by Hurricane
Katrina."
The announcement of this innovation comes about
six months ahead of the company's original planned
rollout. ISC President Chuck Fishel said, "We were
not really set up to produce enough of this exciting
material, but thought we had to put it out there
given the emergency in the Southeast. We can probably
generate enough for use with environmental cleanup
of wildlife, but need to find a partner to accelerate
the production and distribution of major quantities
for large leaks and spills."
Interface Sciences Corporation is a development
stage nanotechnology commercialization company
holding platform technologies originally developed
by a major government laboratory. The company's
emphasis is on materials and surface innovation
at the nanoscale. It controls several hundred technological
applications and works in fields as varied as oil
spill remediation, fiber composites and composite
structures, computer circuit boards, MEMS, sports
equipment, nanoparticle functionalization and paper
treatments.
REF: www.interfacesciences.com www.battelle.org www.pnl.gov
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Source: Interface Sciences Corporation
CONTACT: Chuck Fishel, President & Chief Operating
Officer of Interface
Sciences Corporation, +1-831-224-8800, or
charles.fishel@interfacesciences.com
Web site: http://www.interfacesciences.com/
