Superhydrophobic and anti-ultraviolet polymer nanofiber composite with excellent stretchability and durability for efficient oil/water separation
Abstract(#br)Superhydrophobic nanofibrous membranes have attracted tremendous attention to deal with some environmental problems like oil leakage and wastewater treatment; however, their poor durability, recyclability and stability limit their broad applications in the complex and harsh water treatment. Here, we prepared a superhydrophobic, anti-ultraviolet, durable and stretchable nanofiber composite membrane. TiO 2 nanoparticles were anchored onto the thermal plastic polyurethane (PU) nanofiber surface by ultrasonication, followed by polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) modification.