Hygro-responsive membranes for effective oilg-water separation

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kota, Arun K ^a   Kwon, Gibum ^a   Choi, Wonjae ^b   Mabry, Joseph M ^c   Tuteja, Anish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; EMULSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE; GRAVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; OIL SPILL; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865780882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2027     Document Type: Article

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