Superhydrophobic and oleophobic Nylon, PES and PVDF membranes using plasma nanotexturing: Empowering membrane distillation and contributing to PFAS free hydrophobic membranes

Abstract As freshwater demand is constantly increasing, water purification via membrane distillation (MD) emerges as a promising water production technology, especially when combined with the use of superhydrophobic membranes. Here, following our previous work [1] we extend our universal, environmentally friendly, plasma nanotexturing and hydrophobization technology…