{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Belachew GB"],"funding":["National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan"],"pagination":["693"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10934135"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Oil/water separation processes have garnered significant global attention due to the quick growth in industrial development, recurring chemical leakages, and oil spills. Hence, there is a significant demand for the development of inexpensive superwetting materials in an eco-friendly manner to separate oil/water mixtures and emulsions. In this study, a superwetting melamine sponge (SMS) with switchable wettabilities was prepared by modifying melamine sponge (MS) with sodium dodecanoate. The as-prepared SMS exhibited superhydrophobicity, superoleophilicity, underwater superoleophobicity, and underoil superhydrophobicity. The SMS can be utilized in treating both light and heavy oil/water mixtures through the prewetting process. It demonstrated fast permeation fluxes (reaching 108,600 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for a light oil/water mixture and 147,700 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for a heavy oil/water mixture) and exhibited good separation efficiency (exceeding 99.56%). The compressed SMS was employed in separating surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions (SWOEs), as well as surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions (SOWEs), giving high permeation fluxes (reaching 7210 and 5054 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, respectively). The oil purity for SWOEs' filtrates surpassed 99.98 wt% and the separation efficiencies of SOWEs exceeded 98.84%. Owing to their remarkable capability for separating oil/water mixtures and emulsions, eco-friendly fabrication method, and feasibility for large-scale production, our SMS has a promising potential for practical applications."],"journal":["Polymers"],"pubmed_title":["An Eco-Friendly Manner to Prepare Superwetting Melamine Sponges with Switchable Wettability for the Separation of Oil/Water Mixtures and Emulsions."],"pmcid":["PMC10934135"],"funding_grant_id":["NSTC 112-2221-E-110-075 and NSTC 112-2218-E-110-007"],"pubmed_authors":["Chang YY","Wang CF","Hung WS","Chen JK","Belachew GB","Lai JY","Hu CC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"An Eco-Friendly Manner to Prepare Superwetting Melamine Sponges with Switchable Wettability for the Separation of Oil/Water Mixtures and Emulsions.","description":"Oil/water separation processes have garnered significant global attention due to the quick growth in industrial development, recurring chemical leakages, and oil spills. Hence, there is a significant demand for the development of inexpensive superwetting materials in an eco-friendly manner to separate oil/water mixtures and emulsions. In this study, a superwetting melamine sponge (SMS) with switchable wettabilities was prepared by modifying melamine sponge (MS) with sodium dodecanoate. The as-prepared SMS exhibited superhydrophobicity, superoleophilicity, underwater superoleophobicity, and underoil superhydrophobicity. The SMS can be utilized in treating both light and heavy oil/water mixtures through the prewetting process. It demonstrated fast permeation fluxes (reaching 108,600 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for a light oil/water mixture and 147,700 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> for a heavy oil/water mixture) and exhibited good separation efficiency (exceeding 99.56%). The compressed SMS was employed in separating surfactant-stabilized water-in-oil emulsions (SWOEs), as well as surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions (SOWEs), giving high permeation fluxes (reaching 7210 and 5054 L m<sup>-2</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, respectively). The oil purity for SWOEs' filtrates surpassed 99.98 wt% and the separation efficiencies of SOWEs exceeded 98.84%. Owing to their remarkable capability for separating oil/water mixtures and emulsions, eco-friendly fabrication method, and feasibility for large-scale production, our SMS has a promising potential for practical applications.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2025-04-04T12:58:57.193Z","creation":"2025-04-04T12:58:57.193Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10934135","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38475376"],"doi":["10.3390/polym16050693"]}}