Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 5, Issue 11, Pages 10772-10782Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02734
Keywords
pH-responsive; Sponge; Double transformed; Thiol modification; Oil-water separation
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Funding
- Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Program of Jiangsu Province [SBA2014010034]
- Ningbo Industrial Major Projects [201601ZD-A01026]
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Advanced applications of surfaces with smart wettability offer great perspectives to design novel materials. pH-responsive smart sponges with double transformation are fabricated via in situ decoration of Ag nanoparticles through an oxidation-reduction reaction and followed by modification with a mixed thiol-ethanol solution containing HS-(CH2)(11)CH3, HS(CH2)(10)COOH, and HS(CH2)(11)OH. The wettability of sponges with optimal thiol proportions can switch reversibly between superhydrophilicity-superhydrophobicity-superhydrophilicity under different pH conditions. In addition, the as-prepared sponges have excellent absorption capacity and high oil-water separation efficiency (99.1%). This report provides a simple approach to prepare smart sponges with switchable wettability which can be further applied to many practical applications, such as marine purification and an oil-water on-off switch.
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