Journal
APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 77-81Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2017.05.007
Keywords
Continuous production; HDPE; Microfiber bundles; Oil/water separation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11432003, 11572290]
- Major State Basic Research Projects [2012CB025904]
- Plan for Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province
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Recently, the development of methods for the cleanup of large-scale oil spills or organic pollutants from water has been attracting global attention. However, traditional techniques suffer from the limits of low efficiency and high operation cost. Herein, we propose a high efficiency, large-scale and easy operation approach to fabricate a hydrophobic and oleophilic high density polyethylene microfiber bundles with interconnected microchannels for oil/water separation. The microfiber bundles with high porosity, excellent absorption capacity and large water contact angle are continuously fabricated by a melt extrusion and leaching technique. More importantly, they are readily cleaned by centrifugation and exhibit excellent shape -recoverable property, which are very promising for the cleanup of large-scale oil spills. This study provides a great promising way to fabricate multifunctional polymer materials by using common polymer molding method. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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