Superhydrophobic and oleophilic open-cell foams from fibrillar blends of polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21131-21140

  Rizvi, Ali ^a   Chu, Raymond K M ^a   Lee, Jung H ^a   Park, Chul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

extrusion; foam; oil; open cell; porous

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE OIL; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; FOAMS; GASOLINE; MORPHOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; VOID FRACTION;

FIBRILLAR MORPHOLOGY; HIGH INTENSITY ULTRASOUNDS; OPEN-CELL; PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); POROUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE;

CELLS;

EID: 84917706036     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506006v     Document Type: Article

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