Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic PVDF membranes for effective separation of water-in-oil emulsions with high flux. Other Scholarly Work

Zhang, Wenbin, Shi, Zhun, Zhang, Feng et al. (2013). Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic PVDF membranes for effective separation of water-in-oil emulsions with high flux. . ADVANCED MATERIALS, 25(14), 2071-2076. 10.1002/adma.201204520

cited authors

  • Zhang, Wenbin; Shi, Zhun; Zhang, Feng; Liu, Xia; Jin, Jian; Jiang, Lei

authors

abstract

  • A superhydrophobic-superoleophilic PVDF membrane is fabricated via an inert solvent-induced phase inversion for effective separation of both micrometer and nanometer-sized surfactant-free and surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions solely driven by gravity, with high separation efficiency (oil purity in filtrate after separation > 99.95 wt%) and high flux, which is several times higher than those of commercial filtration membranes and reported materials with similar permeation properties.

publication date

  • April 1, 2013

published in

keywords

  • Ammonia
  • Emulsions
  • Fluorocarbon Polymers
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Oils
  • Polyvinyls
  • Water

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Medium

  • Print-Electronic

start page

  • 2071

end page

  • 2076

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 14