title: CO2 -Responsive Nanofibrous Membranes with Switchable Oil/Water Wettability.
abstract: Responsive polymer interfacial materials are ideal candidates for controlling surface wetting behavior. Here we developed smart nanostructured electrospun polymer membranes which are capable of switching oil/water wettability using CO2 as the trigger. In particular, the combination of CO2 -responsiveness and porous nanostructure enables the as-prepared membranes to be used as a novel oil/water on-off switch. We anticipate that the promising versatility and simplicity of this system would not only open up a new way of surface wettability change regulation by gas, but also have obvious advantages in terms of highly controlled oil/water separation and CO2 applications.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Hailong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Che
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Liao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Tommy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Yen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 (P.R. China). yuanjy@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jinying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: carbon dioxide; electrospinning; oil/water separation; stimuli-responsive materials; surface chemistry