Successive four-phase liquid separation using hierarchical microcube-nanohole structure and controlled surface wettability meshes.

ABSTRACT: The chemical industry needs filter systems with selective wetting properties for environmental protection and effective liquid separation. Current liquid-separation systems are mainly based on the surface energy of the meshes used to separate liquid particles; the smaller the difference between the surface tension of the liquids to be separated, the lower the separation efficiency of these systems. Sophisticated control of the surface wettability of a separation system is necessary to separate liquids with small differences in their surface tension. We precisely adjusted the surface-energy threshold of aluminium meshes used for separation by simply coating their hierarchical microcube and nanohole structures with different materials. We also applied patterning technology to create a single

SUBMITTER: Woo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482191 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature