This presentation will focus on recent efforts in the Patton Research Group to use thiol-ene photopolymerizations to fabricate thin, crosslinked polymer networks with surface properties aimed at high efficiency oil-water separations. Balancing the composition of hydrophilic nanoparticles in a perfluorinated thiol-ene resin provides surfaces in the superoleophobic-superhydrophilic wetting regime. The spray-deposition process provides a scalable route to functional textiles and membranes for highly efficient oil-water separations – even in the presence of common surfactants.

Superoleophobic-superhydrophilic surfaces via thiol-ene photopolymerization for efficient oil-water separations

251st National Meeting (2016)

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