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1. Full Text Electrospinning superhydrophobic–superoleophilic fibrous PVDF membranes for high-efficiency water–oil separation
by Zhou, Zhengping and Wu, Xiang-Fa
Materials letters, ISSN 0167-577X, 12/2015, Volume 160, pp. 423 - 427
Electrospinning | Poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) | Emulsified oil/water solution | Superhydrophobicity | Fibrous membranes | Water–oil separation | Water-oil separation | Physical Sciences | Materials Science | Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Physics | Science & Technology | Physics, Applied | Polyvinylidene fluoride | Mechanical engineering | Membranes | Separation | Polyvinylidene fluorides | Diesel | Contact angle | Hydrophobicity | Diesel fuels
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2. Full Text Fabrication of coral-like superhydrophobic coating on filter paper for water–oil separation
by Zhang, Ming and Wang, Chengyu and Wang, Shuliang and Shi, Yunling and Li, Jian
Applied surface science, ISSN 0169-4332, 11/2012, Volume 261, pp. 764 - 769
Nanocomposite coating | Drop-coating route | Water–oil separation | Superhydrophobic filter paper | Water-oil separation | Physical Sciences | Chemistry | Materials Science | Technology | Materials Science, Coatings & Films | Physics, Condensed Matter | Chemistry, Physical | Physics | Science & Technology | Physics, Applied | Wetting | Structure and morphology; thickness | Exact sciences and technology | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | Thin film structure and morphology | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties) | Solid-fluid interfaces | Coatings | Nanotechnology | Coatings industry
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3. Full Text Fabrication of superhydrophobic cotton textiles for water–oil separation based on drop-coating route
by Zhang, Ming and Wang, Chengyu and Wang, Shuliang and Li, Jian
Carbohydrate polymers, ISSN 0144-8617, 08/2013, Volume 97, Issue 1, pp. 59 - 64
ZnO/PS nanocomposite coatings | Drop-coating procedure | Water–oil separation | Superhydrophobic cotton textiles | Water-oil separation | Physical Sciences | Chemistry | Chemistry, Organic | Polymer Science | Chemistry, Applied | Science & Technology | Miscellaneous | Fibers and threads | Chemical engineering | Exact sciences and technology | Applied sciences | Technology of polymers | Liquid-liquid and fluid-solid mechanical separations | Polymer industry, paints, wood | Forms of application and semi-finished materials | Cotton textiles | Forest management | Coatings | Cotton fabrics | Textile industry
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4. Full Text Underwater Self-Cleaning Scaly Fabric Membrane for Oily Water Separation
by Zheng, Xi and Guo, Zhenyan and Tian, Dongliang and Zhang, Xiaofang and Li, Wenxian and Jiang, Lei
ACS applied materials & interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, 02/2015, Volume 7, Issue 7, pp. 4336 - 4343
superwetting | micro/nanoscale hierarchical structure | underwater superoleophobic | water/oil separation | scaly | Science & Technology - Other Topics | Materials Science | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Science & Technology | Polymers - chemical synthesis | Polymers - classification | Waste Water - chemistry | Titanium - chemistry | Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions | Polymers - chemistry | Oils - chemistry | Textiles - analysis | Water Purification - instrumentation | Water Purification - methods | Index Medicus
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5. Full Text Closed Pore Structured NiCo2O4‑Coated Nickel Foams for Stable and Effective Oil/Water Separation
by Li, Yan and Zheng, Xi and Yan, Zhanheng and Tian, Dongliang and Ma, Jianmin and Zhang, Xiaofang and Jiang, Lei
ACS applied materials & interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, 08/2017, Volume 9, Issue 34, pp. 29177 - 29184
Research | superwetting | micro/nanoscale hierarchical structure | underwater superoleophobic | water/oil separation | closed-pore structure | Science & Technology - Other Topics | Materials Science | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Science & Technology
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6. Full Text Superhydrophilic–underwater superoleophobic ZnO-based coated mesh for highly efficient oil and water separation
by Li, Jian and Yan, Long and Li, Weijun and Li, Jianping and Zha, Fei and Lei, Ziqiang
Materials letters, ISSN 0167-577X, 08/2015, Volume 153, pp. 62 - 65
Underwater superoleophobicity | Water/oil separation | Contact angle | ZnO nanoparticles | Separation efficiency | Physical Sciences | Materials Science | Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Physics | Science & Technology | Physics, Applied | Petroleum industry | Zinc oxide
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7. Full Text Fabrication of superhydrophobic/superoleophilic cotton for application in the field of water/oil separation
by Liu, Feng and Ma, Miaolian and Zang, Deli and Gao, Zhengxin and Wang, Chengyu
Carbohydrate polymers, ISSN 0144-8617, 03/2014, Volume 103, Issue 1, pp. 480 - 487
Superhydrophobic | Water/oil separation | Superoleophilic | Cotton | Oil-absorption material | Physical Sciences | Chemistry | Chemistry, Organic | Polymer Science | Chemistry, Applied | Science & Technology | Applied sciences | Technology of polymers | Fibers and threads | Exact sciences and technology | Polymer industry, paints, wood | Forms of application and semi-finished materials | Forest management | Restaurants
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8. Full Text Green technological approach to synthesis hydrophobic stable crystalline calcite particles with one-pot synthesis for oil–water separation during oil spill cleanup
by Wu, Min-Nan and Maity, Jyoti Prakash and Bundschuh, Jochen and Li, Che-Feng and Lee, Chin-Rong and Hsu, Chun-Mei and Lee, Wen-Chien and Huang, Chung-Ho and Chen, Chien-Yen
Water research (Oxford), ISSN 0043-1354, 10/2017, Volume 123, pp. 332 - 344
Characterization | Isothermal and kinetics | Oil removal | Hydrophobic-oleophilic CaCO3 | Water–oil separation | Calcite nanoparticles synthesis | Hydrophobic-oleophilic CaCO | Engineering | Physical Sciences | Engineering, Environmental | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | Technology | Water Resources | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | Science & Technology | Environmental Sciences | Petroleum Pollution | Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions | Adsorption | Oils | Calcium Carbonate - chemistry | Calcite crystals | Chemical properties | Analysis | Calcium carbonate | Oil spills | Index Medicus
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9. Full Text Synthesis of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles onto fluorinated carbon fabrics for contaminant removal and oil-water separation
by Zhang, Jiahao and Shao, Yawei and Hsieh, Chien-Te and Chen, Yu-Fu and Su, Tzu-Chiao and Hsu, Jo-Pei and Juang, Ruey-Shin
Separation and purification technology, ISSN 1383-5866, 03/2017, Volume 174, pp. 312 - 319
Oil-water separation | Water/oil repellency | Carbon fabrics | Metallic ion removal | Dye adsorption | Iron oxide magnetite | Engineering | Engineering, Chemical | Technology | Science & Technology | Textile fabrics | Ferric oxide | Iron compounds | Membranes | Separation | Contaminants | Surface chemistry | Droplets | Copper | Fluorination | Carbon
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10. Full Text Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene/Graphite Composites for Easy Water/Oil Separation
by Aturaliya, Ryan and Wang, Dongfang and Xu, Yiyang and Lin, Yu-Jyun and Li, Qian and Turng, Lih-Sheng
ACS applied materials & interfaces, ISSN 1944-8244, 08/2020, Volume 12, Issue 34, pp. 38241 - 38248
Energy, Environmental, and Catalysis Applications | expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) | graphite | oil spill and recovery | polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) | water/oil separation | Science & Technology - Other Topics | Materials Science | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Science & Technology | Index Medicus
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11. Full Text Fabrication of emulsion-templated macroporous poly(ε-caprolactone) towards highly effective and sustainable oil/water separation
by Yang, Xiaocang and Yin, Zhengqiao and Zhang, Xiaoyu and Zhu, Yun and Zhang, Shengmiao
Polymer (Guilford), ISSN 0032-3861, 09/2020, Volume 204, p. 122852
Water/oil separation | High internal phase emulsion | Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) | Polymer Science | Physical Sciences | Science & Technology | Ring opening polymerization | Separation | Tetradecane | Molecular structure | Poloxamers | Recyclability | Absorbents | Centrifugation | Methanesulfonic acid | Selectivity | Degradability | Olive oil | Ring opening | Block copolymers | Degradation | Fabrication | Absorption | Morphology | Gasoline | Poly(e-caprolactone) | Polymers
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12. Full Text Facile fabrication of superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic polyvinyl acetate/sodium silicate composite coating for the effective water/oil separation and the study on the anti-fouling property, durability and separation mechanism
by Li, Kunquan and Chen, Wanjuan and Wu, Wenjian and Pan, Zhijie and Liang, Zhaohao and Gan, Junjie
Progress in organic coatings, ISSN 0300-9440, 01/2021, Volume 150
Anti-fouling | Abrasion | Water/oil separation | Mechanism | Roughness | Superhydrophilic | Coatings |