Superwettable porous spheres prepared by recyclable Pickering emulsion polymerization for multifarious oil/water separations
Chao Wang, Hui Chi, Fan Zhang, Xinyue Wang, Yinchuan Wang, Hao Zhang, Yungang Bai, Ying Tan, Kun Xu, Pixin Wang
Abstract
A low-cost, environment-friendly, and sustainable strategy for fabricating a superwettable porous polymer sphere is reported for the treatment of various kinds of oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions.
Topics & Concepts
Pickering emulsionEmulsionPorosityChemical engineeringPolymerEnvironmentally friendlyPolymerizationSPHERESMaterials sciencePorous mediumEmulsion polymerizationPolymer chemistryPolymer scienceChemistryComposite materialEngineeringEcologyBiologyAerospace engineeringPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization