In-situ synthesis of bi-modal hydrophobic silica nanoparticles for oil-water separation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 508, Issue , 2016, Pages 301-308

  Zulfiqar, Usama ^a   Hussain, S Zajif ^b   Awais, Muhammad ^a   Khan, M Mohsin Jalil ^a   Hussain, Irshad ^b   Husain, S Wilayat ^a   Subhani, Tayyab ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bi modal silica; Hydrophobic nanoparticles; Oil water separation; Superhydrophobic composite

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOL; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; SEPARATION; SILICA; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER FILTRATION;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; OIL WATER SEPARATION; SODIUM SILICATE SOLUTIONS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; TRIMETHYLCHLOROSILANES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

METHANOL; OIL; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILICATE; SODIUM; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ADDITION REACTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COTTON; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMERSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84984788870     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.08.074     Document Type: Article

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