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Directional Transport: Bioinspired Continuous and Spontaneous Antigravity Oil Collection and Transportation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2018)
Author(s) -
Zhang Yaxin,
Cao Moyuan,
Peng Yun,
Jin Xu,
Tian Dongliang,
Liu Kesong,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201870032
Subject(s) - materials science , petroleum engineering , microfluidics , fluidics , nanotechnology , water transport , tube (container) , polygon mesh , submarine pipeline , composite material , computer science , environmental science , engineering , electrical engineering , environmental engineering , geology , oceanography , water flow , computer graphics (images)
In article number 1704220 , Kesong Liu and co‐workers report a novel device for antigravity oil collection from water. Oil gets pushed into submerged superoleophobic copper meshes and is incorporated into the oil column filling the attached quartz tube. This new mode of oil transportation can be used in offshore oil exploitation and may inspire micro‐fluidics, sensors, and oil‐water separation.