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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30339-3
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- Youth 1000 Talents Program of China
- 100 Talents Program of Sun Yat-Sen University [76120-18821104]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51705543, 61771498, 31530023]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou [201803010097]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province for Industrial Applications [2017B090917001]
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Many fields of applications require dispersion of hydrophobic particles in water, which is traditionally achieved by using surfactants or amphiphilic molecules to modify particle surfaces. However, surfactants or amphiphilic molecules may disturb the native solution or particles' surface hydrophobicity, limiting extended applications such as oil emulsion cleaning. Recently one example of 2 mu m-size polystyrene microparticles covered with ZnO nanospikes has been shown to exhibit excellent dispersity in water in spite of surface hydrophobicity. Whether this anomalous dispersion phenomenon was applicable to other hydrophobic microparticle systems was still unclear and its application scope was limited. Here the anomalous dispersities of different hydrophobic spiky micro-objects were systematically explored. The results show that the anomalous dispersion phenomenon was universally observed on different hydrophobic spiky micro-objects including different hydrophobic coating, particle sizes, material compositions and core particle morphologies. In addition, the spiky micro-objects displayed anomalous dispersity in water without compromising surface hydrophobicity, and their applications for oil spills absorption and oil emulsion cleaning were demonstrated. This work offers unique insight on the nanospikes-mediated anomalous dispersion phenomenon of hydrophobic micro-object and potentially extends its applicability and application scopes.
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