Facile Preparation of Durable Superhydrophobic Coating by Liquid-Phase Deposition for Versatile Oil/Water Separation

• Published in: Coatings (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 925
• Main Authors: Fan, Shumin, Tang, Lulu, Zhao, Xin, Xu, Guangri, Fan, Wenxiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 15.05.2023
• Subjects: Abrasion; Acids; Chemical spills; Contact angle; Cotton; Efficiency; Energy consumption; Epoxy resins; Ethanol; Hydrophobic surfaces; Hydrophobicity; Liquid phase deposition; Liquid phases; Mixtures; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Oil spills; Petroleum in submerged lands; Reagents; Sawdust; Separation; Stearic acid; Substrates; Surface energy; Surface preparation; Titanium dioxide; Wastewater; Water damage; China; United States > US; Sudan

Serious damage caused by oily wastewater makes the development of efficient superhydrophobic and superoleophilic materials for oil/water separation processes critical and urgent. Herein, durable superhydrophobic nanometer-scale TiO2 grains with low-surface-energy substance composite-modified materia...