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Formation of silica nanofibers with hierarchical structure via electrospinning

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Self-standing thiol-functionalized fibrous membrane with bimodal pore structure was successfully fabricated through the combination of electrospinning and surfactant-directing pore formation technique. We also found that the interference of electric field as well as the rapid solvent evaporation during the electrospinning process has a negative effect on the formation of ordered mesoporous structures. As high-performance adsorption-based filtration system, such hierarchically structured membrane is found to efficiently remove Cu (II) ions under high flux.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The State Key Special Funds for Water Program (No. 2008ZX07421-002), the Sino-America Cooperation Program (2009DFA90740), the NSFC (Nos. 20533050, 20772071, and 50673048), MOST (2007AA03Z07), and the transregional project (TR61).

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  1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Siping Rd 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China

    Yi-nan Wu, Fengting Li, Phillip Hannam & Junlian Qiao

  2. Department of Chemistry, Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China

    Yi-nan Wu, Yiguang Wu, Weijie Jia & Guangtao Li

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Wu, Yn., Li, F., Wu, Y. et al. Formation of silica nanofibers with hierarchical structure via electrospinning. Colloid Polym Sci 289, 1253–1260 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-011-2455-3

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