Contents: (Adv. Funct. Mater. 44/2018)

摘要： Silica nanofibrous membranes produced by direct electrospinning of a sol-gel solution without a sacrificing polymer allow high-end separation and purification due to a high thermal and chemical resistance. The water repellent or absorbing nature can be tuned by applying a humidity or thermal treatment. It is showcased that fast gravity driven membrane separation of heterogeneous azeotropes can be achieved.