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Zahed Shami

Zahed Shami

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID:
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 36459235300
HIndex:
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Address: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Kurdistan
Phone: 08733624133

Research

Title
Wool-Like Fibrous Nonwoven Mesh with Ethanol-Triggered Transition between Antiwater and Antioil Superwetting States for Immiscible and Emulsified Light Oil−Water Separation
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
PS wool-like mesh; Antiwater/antioil switching; Oil/water-removing; Underwater superoleophobicity; Underoil superhydrophilicity
Year
2019
Journal LANGMUIR
DOI
Researchers Zahed Shami ، Somayeh Delbina ، Seyed Mojtaba Amininasab

Abstract

Superwetting antiwater and antioil textiles are not only very attractive for efficient and cost-effective oil−water separation but also very challenging to be prepared. A well-designed polystyrene wool-like fibrous mesh was fabricated by a controlled electrospinning setup to provide simple and quick reversible ethanol-triggered switching between antiwater and antioil superwetting states in various media such as air, water, and oil. Additionally, it exhibits a long-term stability against acid, alkaline, and salt at high concentrations. Such characteristics will prove unusual capabilities for controllable gravity-driven separation of both immiscible and emulsified oil−water mixtures with a separation efficiency more than 99.0%, as well as a prolonged antifouling property and an excellent recyclability; all will be advantageous for technical applications including oil removing and water removing. Furthermore, light oil-polluted water and water-soluble pollutants can be simultaneously cleaned well by the antioil mesh acting in the water-removing mode