Capillary-driven spontaneous oil/water separation by superwettable twines. Issue 31 (17th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Li-Ping; Dai, Bing; Fan, Junbing; Wen, Yongqiang; Zhang, Xueji; Wang, Shutao
• Is Part Of: Nanoscale. Volume 7:Issue 31(2015)
• Page Start: 13164
• Page End: 13167
• Publication Date: 2015-07-17
• Subjects: Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; 620.505
• DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03670d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-3364

Abstract

Abstract : Efficient absorption and self-removal of oil and water by superwettable twines. Abstract : A superwettable twine showing excellent absorption and self-removal capacity of oil and water from oil/water mixtures is reported. Superwettable materials are fabricated by simple modification of commercial twines with plasma and hydrophobic silica nanoparticles, respectively. We show that the absorption and self-transportation of oil and water are driven by the capillary force resulting from the microgaps and microgrooves on twines.