Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation
Oil-water separation is critically important for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also threatens human beings’ health and all living species in the ecological system. To address this challenge, d...
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| author | Ge, Mingzheng Cao, Chunyan Huang, Jianying Zhang, Xinnan Tang, Yuxin Zhou, Xinran Zhang, Keqin Chen, Zhong Lai, Yuekun |
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| description | Oil-water separation is critically important for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also threatens human beings’ health and all living species in the ecological system. To address this challenge, different nanoscale fabrication methods have been applied in endowing biomimetic porous materials, which provides a promising solution for oily-water remediation. In this review, we present the state-of-the-art developments on the rational material interface design on special wettability for the intelligent separation immiscible/emulsified oil-water mixture. Mechanism understanding towards oil-water separation is firstly described, following with the summary of separation solutions for traditional oil-water mixture and special oil-water emulsion enabled by the self-amplified wettability due to nanostructures. Guided by the basic theory, rational interface design at nanoscale on various porous materials with special wettability towards superhydrophobicity-superoleophilicity, superhydrophilicity-superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity-underwater superoleophobicity is discussed in details. Although the above nanoscale fabrication strategies are able to address most of current challenges, intelligent superwetting materials developed to meet special oil-water separation demands and to further promote the separation efficiency are also reviewed for various special application demands. Finally, challenges and the future perspectives on the development of more efficient oil-water separation materials and devices by nanoscale control are provided. It is expected that the biomimetic porous materials with nanoscale interface engineering will overcome the current challenges of oil-water emulsion separation, realizing in practical applications in the near future with continuous efforts in this field. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1052562023-07-14T15:56:27Z Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation Ge, Mingzheng Cao, Chunyan Huang, Jianying Zhang, Xinnan Tang, Yuxin Zhou, Xinran Zhang, Keqin Chen, Zhong Lai, Yuekun School of Materials Science & Engineering Nanoscale Materials DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Oil-water separation is critically important for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also threatens human beings’ health and all living species in the ecological system. To address this challenge, different nanoscale fabrication methods have been applied in endowing biomimetic porous materials, which provides a promising solution for oily-water remediation. In this review, we present the state-of-the-art developments on the rational material interface design on special wettability for the intelligent separation immiscible/emulsified oil-water mixture. Mechanism understanding towards oil-water separation is firstly described, following with the summary of separation solutions for traditional oil-water mixture and special oil-water emulsion enabled by the self-amplified wettability due to nanostructures. Guided by the basic theory, rational interface design at nanoscale on various porous materials with special wettability towards superhydrophobicity-superoleophilicity, superhydrophilicity-superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity-underwater superoleophobicity is discussed in details. Although the above nanoscale fabrication strategies are able to address most of current challenges, intelligent superwetting materials developed to meet special oil-water separation demands and to further promote the separation efficiency are also reviewed for various special application demands. Finally, challenges and the future perspectives on the development of more efficient oil-water separation materials and devices by nanoscale control are provided. It is expected that the biomimetic porous materials with nanoscale interface engineering will overcome the current challenges of oil-water emulsion separation, realizing in practical applications in the near future with continuous efforts in this field. Accepted version 2019-04-17T07:06:54Z 2019-12-06T21:48:07Z 2019-04-17T07:06:54Z 2019-12-06T21:48:07Z 2018 Journal Article Ge, M., Cao, C., Huang, J., Zhang, X., Tang, Y., Zhou, X., … Lai, Y. (2018). Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation. Nanoscale Horizons, 3(3), 235-260. doi:10.1039/C7NH00185A 2055-6756 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105256 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48044 10.1039/C7NH00185A en Nanoscale Horizons © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Nanoscale Horizons and is made available with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry. 25 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Nanoscale Materials DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Ge, Mingzheng Cao, Chunyan Huang, Jianying Zhang, Xinnan Tang, Yuxin Zhou, Xinran Zhang, Keqin Chen, Zhong Lai, Yuekun Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title | Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title_full | Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title_fullStr | Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title_short | Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation |
| title_sort | rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil water separation |
| topic | Nanoscale Materials DRNTU::Engineering::Materials |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105256 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48044 |
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