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Highly stable superamphiphobic material with ethanol-triggered switchable wettability for high-efficiency on-demand oil–water separation

Mengnan Qu, Lulu Liu, Qian Liu, Jiehui Li, Chen Yang, Xin Yang, Kanshe Li, Xiangrong Liu, Jinmei He

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 56· Issue 4
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A large quantity of oil spills occurred have greatly endangered the natural environment and human survival health. Super-wetting materials with switchable wettability provide a good way to solve these problems efficiently and have been paid more and more attention. In this paper, we have successfully prepared an ethanol-triggered and highly stable superamphiphobic material with a switchable surface wettability by using zinc oxide (ZnO) particles and organic silane (PFDS) via a simple coating method. The superamphiphobic material can maintain high oil-repellent and water-repellent performances under various harsh conditions. Most importantly, the superamphiphobic material demonstrates the switchable wettability by ethanol treatment. In view of this fresh mechanism, it can separate various oil–water mixtures on-demand with high separation efficiency and flux. Surprisingly, the mixtures of highly corrosive liquids and oils can also be separated. In addition, the material also has excellent self-cleaning and anti-fouling capabilities and low surface adhesion, which can effectively avoid the pollution of pollutants in the air. All these advantages show that the as-prepared material can play a vital function in solving the related severe conditions of marine oil pollution and industrial wastewater.
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OpenAlex topics: Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

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