title: Facile approach in fabricating superhydrophobic and superoleophilic surface for water and oil mixture separation.
abstract: Metal copper mesh with superhydrophobic and superoleophilic surface had been successfully fabricated via a facile solution-immersion process. The hierarchical structure was prepared on the commercial copper mesh surface by etching with the nitric acid. After being modified by 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT), the as-prepared mesh indicated both superhydrophobic and superoleophilic property simultaneously. This as-prepared metal mesh could then be applied for oil and water mixture separation. The unusual wettability of the as-prepared mesh was stable in corrosive conditions, such as acidic, basic, and salt solutions. The solution-immersion method was simple, time-saving, and inexpensive and therefore exhibited great potential application.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chuanxi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tongjie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhanxi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Zhaoyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuanrong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Bai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang