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In this work, a brand new one-step in situ thermal polymerization (ISTP) preparation of highly stable polymer-coated superhydrophobic materials has been reported. On the basis of the thermal initiation and nonvolatility of an ionic liquid (IL) precursor, robust polymeric layer could be in situ generated and coated to meshes under air atmosphere, while the anchored nanoparticles could provide hierarchical micro/nanostructure. An "oxidative crosslinking" effect was found, and the possible mechanism was proposed. As expected, the obtained mesh exhibited superhydrophobicity with water CA of 158°and superoleophilicity with oil CA of 0°. Besides, the mesh showed self-cleaning effect with a low sliding angle. As for application evaluation, the mesh could act as a filter for the highly efficient separation of a series of oil−water mixtures. More importantly, the mesh exhibited excellent stability and durability toward ultrasonic, abrasion treatment, long-term storage, and even under strongly acidic, alkaline, and saline environment conditions. In summary, this work provided a novel, facile, and scalable method in the fabrication of superhydrophobic surface.

In this study, we used a facile and scalable strategy to produce a hypercrosslinked, ionic, mesoporous polymer monolith (HCIMPM). On the basis of structure-directing polymeric crosslinking, the interconnected nanonetwork was formed through the in situ crosslinking of the homopolymer poly(vinyl imidazole) via a quaternization reaction, and its textural properties could be effectively adjusted by the block copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO 20 PPO 70 PEO 20 ). The maximum specific surface area and pore volume were 212 m 2 /g and 1.08 cm 3 /g, respectively. Furthermore, the synthetic framework could be functionalized via the loading of PW 12 O 32 40 through ion exchange. The obtained HCIMPM with PW 12 O 40 32 (PW-HCIMPM) was applied in the oxidative desulfurization, and approximately 100% sulfur removal could be achieved in the model oil with hydrogen peroxide (30 wt %) as an oxidant. Moreover, the solid catalyst could be recovered readily and recycled at least six times without a significant decrease in the desulfurization efficiency. As for real diesel, we also observed that almost all of the original sulfur compounds could be converted in 120 min.