Scalable and switchable CO2-responsive membranes with high wettability for separation of various oil/water systems

Yangyang Wang; Shaokang Yang; Jingwei Zhang; Zhuo Chen; Bo Zhu; Jian Li; Shijing Liang; Yunxiang Bai; Jianhong Xu; Dewei Rao; Liangliang Dong; Chunfang Zhang; Xiaowei Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36685-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Scalable and switchable CO2-responsive membranes with high wettability for separation of various oil/water systems

Yangyang Wang,
Shaokang Yang,
Jingwei Zhang,
Zhuo Chen,
Bo Zhu,
Jian Li,
Shijing Liang,
Yunxiang Bai,
Jianhong Xu,
Dewei Rao,
Liangliang Dong,
Chunfang Zhang,
Xiaowei Yang

Affiliations

Yangyang Wang: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Shaokang Yang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University
Jingwei Zhang: The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zhuo Chen: The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Bo Zhu: Key Laboratory of Eco-textiles, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University
Jian Li: Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Energy and Carbon Reduction Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University
Shijing Liang: National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst, Fuzhou University
Yunxiang Bai: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Jianhong Xu: The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Dewei Rao: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University
Liangliang Dong: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Chunfang Zhang: Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University
Xiaowei Yang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36685-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Smart membranes with responsive wettability show promise for controllably separating oil/water mixtures but it remains challenging to fabricate responsive and stable scalable membranes. Here, the authors develop a capillary force-driven self-assembling strategy to construct a scalable and stable CO2-responsive membrane for the smart separation of various oil/water systems.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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