Smart surfaces with switchable superoleophilicity and superoleophobicity in aqueous media: Toward controllable oil/water separation

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Lianbin ^a   Zhang, Zhonghai ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

block copolymer; oil water separation; smart surfaces; wettability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863126049     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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