Arabian Journal of Chemistry
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2022
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IF 6.212
Linzhan Bai,Xinyan Wang,Xichao Sun,Jiao Li,Lilan Huang,Haibin Sun,Xueli Gao
Development of electrospun nanofiber membranes with the selective wettability characteristics for effectively separating oil–water mixtures is an extremely advisable strategy. In this study, a superhydrophobic electrospinning carbon nanofiber (F/ZnO/CNF) membrane was successfully prepared by electrospinning and in-situ growth of ZnO, and subsequent fluorination reaction with 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane (POTS). Benefiting from the influence of needle-like nanostructure and low surface energy, the as-prepared F/ZnO/CNF membrane shows excellent superhydrophobicity. When the growth duration of ZnO is 3 h, the obtained F/ZnO/CNF-3 membrane possesses outstanding water contact angle (WCA, 159.7°) and splendid oil–water separation efficiency (>99 %). Meanwhile, due to its the superior environmental stability the obtained F/ZnO/CNF-3 membrane exhibits excellent low and high temperature resistance, and enhanced resistance to various organic solvents in the face of a series of harsh environments.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 8.6
Wanzheng Ren,Jian Pan,Wenqiang Gai,Xinyu Pan,Haimei Chen,Jiao Li,Lilan Huang
A crucial step in the purification and recycling of industrial waste oil is the separation and removal of trace water from emulsified oil. After optimizing the polymer content, solvent composition, and SiO 2 nanoparticle addition amount of the spinning precursor solution, a Polyvinylidene fluoride- co -trifluoroethylene chloride (PVDF-CTFE)/SiO 2 nanofibrous membrane with micro and nano-rough structure was prepared by electrospinning. Using scanning electron microscopy, a pore size analyzer, a contact angle tester, a single-fiber strength tester, and a gravity separation experiment, the influence of SiO 2 addition on the morphology, pore size distribution , wettability , mechanical, and separation properties of the modified membranes was characterized. The results demonstrated that the water contact angle of the nanofibrous membrane was increased to 151.3° of superhydrophobic when SiO 2 was added at a concentration of 2.5 wt%. The nanofibrous membranes exhibited outstanding separation performance (>99%) for water-in-oil mixtures and emulsions, as well as for various oil-water systems. Moreover, the PVDF-CTFE/SiO 2 nanofibrous membranes exhibited superior multi-cycle performance and consistent chemical resistance. This research yielded a novel material and a straightforward method for fabricating superhydrophobic nanofibrous membranes, which demonstrated greater application potential in oil-water separation.
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Surfaces and Interfaces
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2023
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IF 6.2
Yurong Zhu,Hongqiang Li,Wei Huang,Xuejun Lai,Xingrong Zeng
With the increasing deterioration of natural environment caused by industrial sewage and oil leak, superhydrophobic materials for oil-water separation have attracted considerable attention. However, most of the superhydrophobic materials are petroleum-based and difficult to be degraded, which will bring secondary pollution for natural environment. Herein, a facile vapor deposition method is reported to fabricate a superhydrophobic methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) modified wood aerogel (M-WA) for oil-water separation from natural renewable balsa wood. Firstly, to construct micro-nano roughness and enough pores, balsa wood was chemically treated to remove lignin and hemicellulose . Secondly, MTMS was vapor-deposited on the skeleton surface of the treated balsa wood to form a crosslinked network and provide low surface energy through hydrolysis-condensation reaction. The obtained superhydrophobic M-WA showed a high water contact angle (WCA) of 151.8°. The M-WA was able to selectively absorb oils from oil-water mixtures and the adsorption capacity for methylene chloride reached 25.1 times of its own weight. Furthermore, the M-WA was utilized as a filter to continuously separate oil-water mixtures and the separation efficiency reached 99.1%. Even after 20 cycles, the separation efficiency still maintained 98.5%, demonstrating excellent recyclability. The method to prepare the superhydrophobic M-WA is facile and highly efficient, no fluorinated chemical is involved, and the M-WA has natural and renewable characteristics, which is very beneficial for environment safety and protection. Our findings conceivably develop a new strategy to prepare environment-friendly superhydrophobic materials for the treatments of spill accidents and industrial sewage emissions.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2023
·Vol. 30
·期 15
·44266-44275
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IF 5.8
Yu Xiaoxiao,Wei Yicui,Qi Wei,Wang Mengfan
Water-insoluble organic pollutants in environment, such as sea oil spill, industrial reagents, and the abused organic pesticides, bring great risks to global water systems, which thus requires effective approaches for organic pollutant elimination. In this study, we report a catalytic metal–organic framework (MOF)-melamine foam (MF) composite material (DDT-UiO-66-NH 2 @MF) showing excellent oil–water separation performance and enzyme-like degradation ability toward organophosphorus pesticides. The fabrication of DDT-UiO-66-NH 2 @MF is based on the immobilization of a MOF-derived nanozyme (UiO-66-NH 2 ) on MF sponge, and followed by the hydrophobic modification of UiO-66-NH 2 by 1-dodecanethiol (DDT). The obtained DDT-UiO-66-NH 2 @MF thus displayed superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic property with a high water contact angle (WCA = 144.6°) and specific adsorption capacity toward various oils/organic solvents (62.2–119.8 g/g), which leads to a continuous oil–water separation on a simple device. In the meanwhile, owing to the enzyme-like property of UiO-66-NH 2 , DDT-UiO-66-NH 2 @MF also displayed good ability to hydrolyze paraoxon under mild conditions, which facilitates the elimination of toxic pesticide residuals in water systems. This work provides a simple, efficient, and green approach for the separation and treatment of water-insoluble organic pollutants, as well as expands the use of MOFs-MF sponge composite materials in environmental sustainability.
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Advanced Materials Interfaces
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2022
·Vol. 10
·期 5
·2202065
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IF 6.389
Wen-Ying Yang,Di Zhou,Jia-Lu Shen,Zhi-Kang Xu,Ling-Shu Wan
Co-deposition of phenols and amines inspired by mussel-inspired chemistry has attracted much attention in the field of surface and interface science and technology. However, most deposition systems are still limited to phenols with at least one catechol group. In this work, a novel enzyme-triggered co-deposition system based on a natural phenol (gentisic acid, GA) and a kind of biomacromolecule (chitosan, CS) is reported. With the catalysis of laccase, GA can be oxidized and further react with CS to form effective surface coatings on various substrates such as polypropylene microfiltration membrane (PPMM). The co-deposition process takes only 40 min at room temperature and endows the membrane with superhydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity. The modified membranes show excellent separation performance, reusability, and long-term stability for the separation of oil-in-water emulsions. The modified membranes are highly charged (pI ≈7.2) and capable of efficient dye adsorption. In addition, the modified membranes possess better protein resistance properties compared with the nascent membranes. This work demonstrates a green, mild, and highly efficient surface modification process based on laccase catalysis. The co-deposition system comes from natural sources and expands the phenol family for constructing multi-functional surface coatings.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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IF 9.136
Liyi Zhang,Yongcong Liu,Guangyong Zeng,Zhaomei Yang,Qingquan Lin,Yanyong Wang,Xiaoguang Wang,Shengyan Pu
MXene-based two-dimensional (2D) material membranes have attracted an increasing number of attentions in the field of separation and purification. However, the easily oil-pollution of MXene membrane still limit its further application for oil/water separation. In this work, Na-Bentonite was embedded into MXene nanosheets and then a series of Na-Bentonite@MXene (NBM) composite membranes were prepared by one-step hydrothermal pretreatment and vacuum self-assembly on polyvinylidene fluoride membrane surface. The modified composite membranes exhibited excellent separation performances with a rejection ratio above 96 % and a flux recovery rate (FRR) higher than 86 % after 8 cycling tests for oil/water emulsion. In addition, the sandwich structure consisting of MXene nanosheets and Na-Bentonite could not only play a positive role in the stability of composite membrane, but also formed a special micro-nano structure on membrane surface, resulting in a switchable wettability of composite membrane. When the membrane surface was pretreated with water or oil, it presented hydrophilic/hydrophobic or hydrophobic/oleophilic surfaces, respectively, which realized the effective separation for different components in oil/water emulsion. This work provides a new method for the design and construction of MXene-based 2D membrane with continuous anti-fouling capacity, which shows a great application potential in the treatment of oily wastewater.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2023
·Vol. 24
·期 2
·1593
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IF 5.6
Ji Ma,Yang Deng,Tingting Yang,Maoru Li,Jing Shang
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), defined in recent years as metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), is one of the most common liver diseases in the world, with no drugs on market. Esculetin (ESC) is an active compound discovered in a variety of natural products that modulates a wide range of metabolic diseases and is a potential drug for the treatment of NAFLD. In this study, we used an HCD-induced NAFLD larval zebrafish model in vivo and an FFA-induced BRL-3A hepatocyte model in vitro to evaluate the anti-NAFLD effect of ESC. Lipid lowering, anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation effects were revealed on ESC and related gene changes were observed. This study provides a reference for further study and development of ESC as a potential anti-NAFLD/MAFLD drug.Keywords:esculetin;non-alcoholic fatty liver disease;lipid-lowering;antioxidant
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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2022
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IF 10.753
Jialong Wu,Xiaozhen Ma,Pitchaimari Gnanasekar,Fan Wang,Jin Zhu,Ning Yan,Jing Chen
Superhydrophobic polyurethane foam is one of the most promising materials for oil-water separation. However, there are only limited studies prepared matrix superhydrophobic foams as adsorbents. In this paper, SiO 2 modified by 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorododecyl trichlorosilane (F-SiO 2 ) was added into the lignin-based foam matrix by a one-step foaming technique. The average diameter of F-SiO 2 was about 480 nm with an water contact angle (WCA) of 160.3°. The lignin-based polyurethane foam with F-SiO 2 had a superhydrophobic water contact angle of 151.3°. There is no obvious change in contact angle after 100 cycles of compression or after cutting and abrasion. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that F-SiO 2 was distributed both on the surface and inside of the foam. The efficiency for oil-water separation reached 99 %. Under the light intensity of 1 kW/m 2 , the surface temperature of the lignin-based foam rose to 77.6 °C. In addition, the foam exhibited self-cleaning properties and degraded within 2 h in an alcoholic alkali solution. Thus, in this study, we developed a novel matrix superhydrophobic lignin-based polyurethane foam with an excellent promise to be used as oil water separation adsorbents in industrial wastewater treatment and oil spill clean-up processes.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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IF 5.518
Huanjie Chi,Hui Cao,Zhiguang Xu,Tao Zhang,Jing Yu,Yan Zhao
The anti-oil-fouling property of cross-linked poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) was investigated by testing not only the under-oil superhydrophilicity but also the dewetting ability of oil that adheres on PDMAEMA coating surface . Different to other common hydrophilic polymers (e.g., polyacrylamide (PAM) and poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA)), PDMAEMA coating shows the unique under-oil superhydrophilicity (wetting time <3 s for a 6 μL water drop), and even more interestingly, the oil that adheres on dry PDMAEMA coating surface can spontaneously dewet and detach off from the surface when immersed in water. The PDMAEMA coating shows lower surface energy ( γ s ) (53.3 mN m −1 ) than PAM and PMAA (70.5 and 61.1 mN m −1 , respectively) and moderate zeta potential (69 mV; 29 and −148 mV for PAM and PMAA, respectively), while it has much higher moisture absorption rate (∼16%) than PAM (∼6%) and PMAA (∼3%) coatings. The overall test results suggest that PDMAEMA coating has stronger hydration ability than PAM and PMAA coatings, and meanwhile, the hydrated water molecules in the coating can weaken the interaction of the PDMAEMA with oil, thus inducing the under-oil superhydrophilicity. Moreover, it is demonstrated that dry PDMAEMA coating can capture water drops from bulk oil, and thus the PDMAEMA coating can be utilized to prepare filtration membrane for the separation of surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions with high separation efficiency (>99.0%) and long-lasting stability.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
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2022
·Vol. 30
·期 8
·20006-20019
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IF 5.19
Lin Qinghua,Hong Mei
Fractional wettability is common in the dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) contaminated sites. However, it is still unclear how fractional wettability affects surfactant-enhanced DNAPL immiscible mobilization in saturated porous media. The macro-contact angle of the fractional wettability media was measured. The results of column experiments showed that the entrapped tetrachloroethene (PCE) saturations after sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) flooding were lower in the media where NAPL-wet sand was present compared with those in water-wet media. In the media which contained 25% octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)-treated sand, the entrapped PCE saturations decreased to the minimum, and the decrease was much larger in fine sand media. The SDBS-enhanced PCE recoveries were jointly affected by fractional wettability, particle size, and interfacial tension (IFT). When NAPL-wet sand was present and SDBS concentration was just 0.125 g⋅L −1 , the SDBS-enhanced PCE recoveries increased significantly. As the SDBS concentration continues to increase to 0.5 g⋅L −1 , they only increased slightly. In the fine sand media, the SDBS-enhanced PCE recoveries were higher, and they increased more obviously with the increase of NAPL-wet sand fractions. The influence weight of fractional wettability on SDBS-enhanced PCE recoveries was the largest (47.09%) under the experimental conditions. These findings indicate that it is important to consider fractional wettability characteristics when establishing a DNAPL immiscible mobilization strategy, because it is not sufficient to consider only IFT reduction, especially in media with finer pore structures.
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2022
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IF 4.331
Fiona Hammond Quarcoo,Lijian Shi,Yujia Tong,Yaping Zhang,Changqing Miao,Weixing Li
Plant polyphenol-inspired surface modification of membranes is helpful for oil–water separation. However, the preparation of this coating is time-consuming. Herein, we introduce a rapid synthesis of the TA-APTES coating by the addition of sodium periodate (SP). The surface chemical composition and morphology of the resultant TA-APTES hybrid coatings were characterized using SEM, ATR-FTIR, and XPS. The hydrophilicity and membrane performance were investigated by the water contact angle, pure water permeability, and oil rejection for an isooctane-in-water emulsion. The experimental findings revealed that the optimal microfiltration (MF) membrane (MF-TA-APTES-SP-0.05) displayed exceptional hydrophilicity and water permeability (9558 L m–2 h–1 bar–1). The membrane realized highly efficient separation with a permeability (4117 L m–2 h–1 bar–1) and rejection of oils (>99%). Furthermore, it possessed outstanding chemical stability and maintained underwater superoleophobicity even after exposure to harsh conditions. This simple and rapid strategy of developing hydrophilic coatings as a modifier for the poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes has potential applications in oil–water separation and wastewater treatment.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2023
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Mengxiao Zhang,Xiaohe Wang,Yunyun Xue,Jiaqi Li,Jianyu Wang,Chuanjie Fang,Liping Zhu
The artificial integration of inorganic materials onto polymers to create the analogues of natural biocomposites is an attractive field in materials science. However, due to significant diversity in the interfacial properties of two kinds of materials, advanced synthesis methods are quite complicated and the resultant materials are always vulnerable to external environments, which limits their application scenarios and makes them unsuitable for scalable production. Herein, we report a simple and universal approach to achieve robust and scalable surface mineralization of polymers using a rationally designed triple functional molecular bridge of fluorosilane, 3-[(perfluorohexyl sulfonyl) amino] propyltriethoxy silane (PFSS). In a two-step solution deposition, the fluoroalkyl and siloxane of the PFSS take charge of its adhesion and immobilization onto polymers by hydrophobic interaction and wrapping-like chemical cross-linking, and then the assembly and growth of inorganic nanoclusters for integration are achieved by strong chemical coordination of PFSS sulfonamide. The versatile mineralization of inorganic oxides (e.g., TiO2, SiO2, and Fe2O3) onto chemically inert polymer surfaces was realized very well. The resultant mineralized materials exhibit robust and multiple functionalities for hostile applications, such as hydrophilic membranes for removing oils in strong acidic and alkaline wastewaters, fabrics with advanced anti-bacteria for healthy wearing, and plates with strong mechanical performance for better use. Experimental results and theoretical calculations confirmed the homogenous distribution of the PFSS onto polymers via cross-linking for robust coordination with inorganic oxides. These results demonstrate a skillful enlightenment in the design of high-performance mineralized polymer materials used as membranes, fabrics, and medical devices.
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