Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic and Eco-Friendly Poly(lactic acid) Foam for Oil-Water Separation via Skin Peeling

Wang X, Pan Y, Liu X, Liu H, Li N, Liu C, Schubert DW, Shen C (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

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Book Volume: 11

Pages Range: 14362-14367

Journal Issue: 15

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b02285

Abstract

Superhydrophobic polymer foams are a good candidate for oil absorption because of their lightweight and tunable porosity and have promising applications in the long-term application of oil-water separation. However, developing a facile and green strategy to fabricate pure polymer foams with superhydrophobicity and eco-friendliness for large-scale oil-water separation remains a challenge. Here, a facile template-free water-assisted thermally impacted phase separation approach combined with skin peeling for the fabrication of superhydrophobic and eco-friendly pure poly(lactic acid) (PLA) foam for oil-water separation is proposed for the first time. The PLA foam with special micro- and nanostructures possesses a water contact angle of 151°, and the maximum saturated adsorption capacity is 31.5 g/g. More importantly, during the continuous oil-water pumping experiment, the foam has an efficiency of 98% and could maintain for more than 15 h, showing a promising prospect for cleaning large-scale oil pollution.

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APA:

Wang, X., Pan, Y., Liu, X., Liu, H., Li, N., Liu, C.,... Shen, C. (2019). Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic and Eco-Friendly Poly(lactic acid) Foam for Oil-Water Separation via Skin Peeling. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(15), 14362-14367. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b02285

MLA:

Wang, Xiaolong, et al. "Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic and Eco-Friendly Poly(lactic acid) Foam for Oil-Water Separation via Skin Peeling." ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11.15 (2019): 14362-14367.

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