Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Cotton for Highly Efficient Oil/Water Separation

This paper presents a facile and versatile strategy to fabricate robust and superhydrophobic/superoleophilic cotton for the removal of oils and organic solvents from polluted water. The superwettability cotton was prepared via in-situ hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) on the cotton fiber surfac...

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Main Authors: Qing Wang, Mingguang Yu, Guangxue Chen, Qifeng Chen, Jinglei Tai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2016-11-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_12_1_643_Wang_Facile_Fabrication_Cotton_Water_Separation