Honeycomb structures obtained with breath figures self-assembly allow water/oil separation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 394-398

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a   Balter, Sagi ^a,b   Bormashenko, Yelena ^a   Aurbach, Doron ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breath figures self assembly; Cassie wetting; Hydrophobic surfaces; Oleophilic surfaces; Rose petal effect; Water oil separation; Wenzel wetting

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERS; SEPARATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WEAVING; WETTING;

APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE; BREATH FIGURES; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; LARGE APERTURE; NON-WOVEN; POLYMER SURFACES; ROSE PETAL EFFECT;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

OIL; POLYMER; STAINLESS STEEL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84870279433     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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