Manta ray gill inspired radially distributed nanofibrous membrane for efficient and continuous oil–water separation

• Main Authors: Li, Zhengtao, Tan, Carl M., Tio, Wee, Ang, Jeremy, Sun, Darren Delai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; Nanofibrous Membranes; Oil–water Separation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107522; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50311; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8EN00258D
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Suspension-feeding animals such as manta rays can separate water and food particles quickly and continuously through their special structured gill rakers via crossflow filtration. Inspired by this ecosystem engineering from nature, a facile membrane based set-up for oil–water separation mimicking th...