Continuous, High-Speed, and Efficient Oil/Water Separation using Meshes with Antagonistic Wetting Properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 18915-18919

  Dunderdale, Gary J ^a   Urata, Chihiro ^a   Sato, Tomoya ^a   England, Matt W ^a   Hozumi, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARGET ATRP; oil water separation; polymer brush; superhydrophobicity; superoleophobicity

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; WETTING;

ARGET ATRP; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; POLYMER BRUSHES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SUPEROLEOPHOBICITY;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84940863387     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06207     Document Type: Article

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