Facilely fabricating superhydrophobic coated-mesh materials for effective oil-water separation: Effect of mesh size towards various organic liquids

Flexible and Free-Standing Metal–Organic Framework Nanowire Paper

“…Therefore, a spherical water droplet can stably stand on the Mn-MOF/PDMS nanowire paper (Figure b). By means of the high hydrophobicity of the Mn-MOF/PDMS nanowire paper, the efficient separation of oil/water is expected. − In this work, chloroform with a density larger than water and toluene with a density smaller than water are selected for oil/water separation. For the chloroform/water mixture, the filtration method is used with Mn-MOF/PDMS nanowire paper as a filter paper (Figure c).…”

“Several birds with one stone” strategy of pH/thermoresponsive flame-retardant/photothermal bactericidal oil-absorbing material for recovering complex spilled oil

“…Among them, polyurethane (PU) foam, melamineformaldehyde (MF) foam, and others have attracted considerable attention because of their high absorption rate, good mechanical durability, low cost, and facile design. For the selective absorption of spilled oil from water, considerable progress was made to modify the hydrophilic oil-absorbing foams to hydrophobic/oleophilic foams to impart high oil-absorbing capability and good water-repellency to the foam in the separation process [26][27][28][29][30].…”

Durable superhydrophobic Fe3O4@C/PVDF/PU sponge for efficient separation of surfactant-stabilized organic solvent/water emulsions

“…[18][19][20][21] Different substrates have been used for fabricating superwetting materials such as mesh, sponge, foam, fabric and aerogel. [22][23][24][25][26][27] Among them, sponges including melamine sponges, PU sponges and other commercial sponges, have been extensively studied and widely used due to their high porosity, low bulk density, remarkable reusability, thermal stability and excellent mechanical property. 28 Up to now, superhydrophobic sponges have been widely employed for separation oil/organic solvents from polluted water.…”