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Superhydrophobic hierarchical structure carbon mesh films for oil/water separation application

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In this study, we showed that a superoleophobic mesh with the self-cleaning ability could be readily prepared by a facile spray-coating method on stainless steel mesh. Poly(methyl methacrylate) was employed to provide a stable strength between carbon nanotubes and steel mesh surface. The effect of opening size of these steel meshes on surface wetting has been investigated. The dynamics of liquid droplets was investigated as well. The as-prepared meshes exhibited both superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity and could effectively separate water from the oil and water mixture. The present study contributes to the development of oil and water separation materials for marine industrial application.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Academician Workstation Building Project of GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region Scientific and Technological Department (Grant No. [2014]91); the project Sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Development Projects Research Foundation of GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region Scientific and Technological Department (Grant No. 1599005-2-4); the project sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation of GuangXi University (Grant No. XTZ140718); the scientific research project sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation of GuangXi Zhuang Autonomous Region Education Department (Grant No. KY2015YB011).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Zhaoxia Lu, Xing Huang & Lisheng Wang

  2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

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Lu, Z., Huang, X. & Wang, L. Superhydrophobic hierarchical structure carbon mesh films for oil/water separation application. Appl. Phys. A 123, 538 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1113-0

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