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Designing Flexible and Porous Fibrous Membranes for Oil Water Separation—A Review of Recent Developments

Ali A. El-SamakCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; View further author information
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Deepalekshmi PonnammaCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5208-4870View further author information
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Mohammad K. HassanCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ali AmmarDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; View further author information
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Samer AdhamConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center, Qatar Science and Technology Park, Doha, Qatar; View further author information
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Mariam Al Ali Al-MaadeedMaterials Science and Technology Program, Qatar University, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Alamgir KarimDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 671-716 | Received 04 Sep 2019, Accepted 31 Dec 2019, Published online: 28 Feb 2020

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