Scalable polyzwitterion–polydopamine coating for regenerable oil/water separation and underwater self-cleaning of stubborn heavy oil fouling without pre-hydration?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2018-07-30 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC04611E

Abstract

A facile and scalable polyzwitterion–polydopamine coating strategy has been developed to functionalize substrates and sponges. This approach, for the first time, achieves superior regenerable underwater self-cleaning of stubborn asphaltenes-containing heavy oil fouling without pre-hydration and removal of water residues from heavy oil, with significant implications in many engineering and environmental processes.

Graphical abstract: Scalable polyzwitterion–polydopamine coating for regenerable oil/water separation and underwater self-cleaning of stubborn heavy oil fouling without pre-hydration
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