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Fabrication of durable superhydrophobic nanofibrous filters for oil‐water separation using three novel modified nanoparticles (ZnO‐NSPO, AlOO‐NSPO, and TiO 2 ‐NSPO)
Author(s) -
Rostami Ali,
Pirsaheb Meghdad,
Moradi Golshan,
Derakhshan Ali Ashraf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.4828
Subject(s) - materials science , polyacrylonitrile , contact angle , fabrication , titanium dioxide , nanoparticle , dip coating , superhydrophobic coating , composite material , coating , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , polymer , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Three reusable and durable superhydrophobic nanofibrous filters were prepared by dip coating the nanofibrous fabric in the three different dispersed solutions of the newly modified nanoparticles (ZnO‐NSPO, AlOO‐NSPO, and titanium dioxide [TiO 2 ]‐NSPO). The contact angle results proved that the TiO 2 ‐NSPO coated nanofibrous polyacrylonitrile (PAN) filter was hydrophobic with the water contact angle (WCA) of 141° while the ZnO‐NSPO and AlOO‐NSPO coated nanofibrous PAN filters were superhydrophobic with the WCA of 168° and 152°, respectively. The as‐prepared filters can be utilized as an effective martial for oil‐water separation with separation efficiency of over 98%.