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Gas-switchable carbon nanotube/polymer hybrid membrane for separation of oil-in-water emulsions†

Sinoj Abraham, ORCID logo ab   Surjith Kumar Kumaranab  and  Carlo David Montemagno*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Ingenuity Lab, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – T6G 2M9

b Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – T6G 2V4
E-mail: montemag@ualberta.ca

Abstract

A gas responsive hybrid membrane is fabricated by surface-grafting PDEAEMA on carbon nanotubes. The reversable surface wettabilites switch from hydrophobic to hydrophilic by the introduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen gases. These can be utilized for oil/water and oil/water emulsion separations. The switchable characteristics of the CNT/PDEAEMA membrane can effectively prevent membrane clogging.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA07032B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jun 2017
Accepted
04 Aug 2017
First published
14 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 39465-39470

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Gas-switchable carbon nanotube/polymer hybrid membrane for separation of oil-in-water emulsions

S. Abraham, S. K. Kumaran and C. D. Montemagno, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 39465 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA07032B

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