Superelastic and Superhydrophobic Nanofiber-Assembled Cellular Aerogels for Effective Separation of Oil/Water Emulsions

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3791-3799

  Si, Yang ^a   Fu, Qiuxia ^a   Wang, Xueqin ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Yu, Jianyong ^a   Sun, Gang ^a   Ding, Bin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerogels; emulsion separation; nanofibers; superelastic; superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FIBERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOBILE SECURITY; NANOFIBERS; OIL SHALE; OIL WELLS; SEPARATION; WETTING;

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; EMULSION SEPARATIONS; HIERARCHICAL CELLULAR STRUCTURES; HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SUPERELASTIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84928958289     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506633b     Document Type: Article

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