Eco-Friendly Superwetting Material for Highly Effective Separations of Oil/Water Mixtures and Oil-in-Water Emulsions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Wang, Chih Feng ^a   Yang, Sheng Yi ^a   Kuo, Shiao Wei ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 85013287737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep43053     Document Type: Article

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