Bio-inspired modification of silicon carbide foams for oil/water separation and rapid power-free absorption towards highly viscous oils

• Main Authors: Luo, Lulei, Chen, Xuelong, Wang, Yue, Yue, Jianling, Du, Zuojuan, Huang, Xiaozhong, Tang, Xiu-Zhi
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Bio-inspired; Power-free; Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84887; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49170
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A bio-inspired strategy for the fabrication of superhyrophobic silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic foams (SCFs) using commercially available melamine foam (MF) as the template and vinyl-containing hyperbranched liquid polycarbosilane (VHPCS) as the binder was developed. The pre-oxidation process and cryst...