Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Coatings with pH-induced Wettability Transition for Controllable Oil-Water Separation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5661-5667

  Xu, Zhiguang ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Wang, Hongxia ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a   Qin, Chuanxiang ^a,b   Wang, Xungai ^a   Lin, Tong ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cotton; oil water separation; pH responsive wettability; superhydrophobic; superoleophobic

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COTTON; FATTY ACIDS; MIXTURES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; WETTING;

LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; OIL WATER SEPARATION; OIL WATER SEPARATORS; PH-RESPONSIVE; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; SUPEROLEOPHOBIC;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84959544425     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11720     Document Type: Article

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