Coupling Underwater Superoleophobic Membranes with Magnetic Pickering Emulsions for Fouling-Free Separation of Crude Oil/Water Mixtures: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 9930-9941

  Dudchenko, Alexander V ^a   Rolf, Julianne ^a   Shi, Lucy ^a   Olivas, Liana ^a   Duan, Wenyan ^a   Jassby, David ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

fouling prevention; oil water separation; Pickering emulsion; ultrafiltration; underwater superoleophobic membranes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; FILTRATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANES; OIL SPILLS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SEPARATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; YARN;

HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; PICKERING EMULSIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84945980685     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04880     Document Type: Article

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