Highly porous and chemical resistive P(TFEMA-DVB) monolith with tunable morphology for rapid oil/water separation.

ABSTRACT: A facile preparation for a series of porous poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate-divinylbenzene) P(TFEMA-DVB) foams is discussed in this paper. The foams have adjustable morphology utilizing a suitable commercial surfactant, Hypermer B246, as stabilizer, and were compared with traditional organic surfactants or macromolecular block-polymers. Combining the porous properties and advantages of fluorine atoms, this type of fluoropolymer exhibited superb chemical stability and hydrophobicity performances with high porosity. These porous fluoro-monoliths preserved their regular porous structure without any degradation after immersion into strong acidic or basic solution for three days, hence demonstrating an excellent potential to deal with environmental pollution caused by oil spillages in sev

SUBMITTER: Wan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9078523 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature