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The efficient separation of surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions with a superhydrophobic filter paper

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The filtration membranes have been acknowledged as efficient way for separation of emulsion. Nevertheless, most of the methods have limitations of high cost and complex fabrication process. Here, we present a simple method for preparing superhydrophobic/superoleophilic filter paper by solution immersion process. The superhydrophobic filter paper exhibited high selectivity for oil–water mixture. Importantly, the filter paper can be applied to separate surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsion. Separation process is achieved by one step under gravity. Moreover, the superhydrophobic filter paper maintains stable superhydrophobicity and emulsion separation property after using for five cycles. We expected that this low-cost process can be used for water-in-oil emulsion separation.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51335010) and the “Western Action Program”.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianshui Road 18th, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Bo Ge, Xiaotao Zhu, Yong Li, Xuehu Men, Peilong Li & Zhaozhu Zhang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China

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Ge, B., Zhu, X., Li, Y. et al. The efficient separation of surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions with a superhydrophobic filter paper. Appl. Phys. A 121, 1291–1297 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9509-1

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