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Nano Research 2023, 16(7): 9625-9632 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5677-z
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Fast processing nylon mesh by surface diffuse atmospheric plasma for large-area oil/water separation

Show Author's Information Linfeng Yang1,2,§,  Yaping Feng3,§,  Zengyi He1,2,  Xinyan Jiang1,2,  Xianfeng Luo1,2,  Haoyu Dai1( ),  Lei Jiang1,2,3
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interface Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

§ Linfeng Yang and Yaping Feng contributed equally to this work.

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surface modification, oil/water separation, superwettability, atmospheric plasma
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In recent years, numerous studies have been reported for oil/water separation, such as superoleophilic materials for oil absorption and underwater superoleophobic membranes for continuous separation. However, for the recovery of oil slick pollution on near-shore ocean surface caused by various reasons, large area and fast availability of used materials are needed to be considered. Herein, we report an efficient and environmentally friendly method to fast process nylon mesh by surface diffuse atmospheric plasma (SDAP) for large-area oil/water separation. Nylon mesh is funcionalized by atmospheric plasma to generate micro/nano composite structures on the surface, resulting in superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity within only seconds. The pre-wetted modified nylon mesh can achieve high efficiency (> 99.9%) and circulating water flux (~ 30,000 L·m−2·h−1), with high intrusion pressure (~ 3 kPa) and universality in oil/water separation. Regular plasma unconditionally generated in the atmosphere with the merit of efficiently functionalizing surface has the potential of large-area materials treatment. This study might take one step further for large-area industrial oily wastewater recovery and even oil slicks collection in near-shore water bodies.


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Fast processing nylon mesh by surface diffuse atmospheric plasma for large-area oil/water separation

Show Author's information Linfeng Yang1,2,§, Yaping Feng3,§, Zengyi He1,2, Xinyan Jiang1,2, Xianfeng Luo1,2, Haoyu Dai1( ), Lei Jiang1,2,3
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interface Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

§ Linfeng Yang and Yaping Feng contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

In recent years, numerous studies have been reported for oil/water separation, such as superoleophilic materials for oil absorption and underwater superoleophobic membranes for continuous separation. However, for the recovery of oil slick pollution on near-shore ocean surface caused by various reasons, large area and fast availability of used materials are needed to be considered. Herein, we report an efficient and environmentally friendly method to fast process nylon mesh by surface diffuse atmospheric plasma (SDAP) for large-area oil/water separation. Nylon mesh is funcionalized by atmospheric plasma to generate micro/nano composite structures on the surface, resulting in superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity within only seconds. The pre-wetted modified nylon mesh can achieve high efficiency (> 99.9%) and circulating water flux (~ 30,000 L·m−2·h−1), with high intrusion pressure (~ 3 kPa) and universality in oil/water separation. Regular plasma unconditionally generated in the atmosphere with the merit of efficiently functionalizing surface has the potential of large-area materials treatment. This study might take one step further for large-area industrial oily wastewater recovery and even oil slicks collection in near-shore water bodies.

Keywords: surface modification, oil/water separation, superwettability, atmospheric plasma

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Received: 03 February 2023
Revised: 14 March 2023
Accepted: 19 March 2023
Published: 18 May 2023
Issue date: July 2023

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This work was financially funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22205247 and 21988102).

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