Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Electrospinning nanofibers and nanomembranes for oil/water separation

X Yan, X **ao, C Au, S Mathur, L Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Offshore oil spills, industrial oily wastewater, and domestic oil pollution are some of the most
serious global challenges, and are leading environmental causes of morbidity and mortality …

WS2 moiré superlattices derived from mechanical flexibility for hydrogen evolution reaction

L **e, L Wang, W Zhao, S Liu, W Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of moiré superlattices (MSLs) opened an era in the research of 'twistronics'.
Engineering MSLs and realizing unique emergent properties are key challenges. Herein, we …

Nature-inspired superwettability systems

M Liu, S Wang, L Jiang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Superwettability is a centuries-old concept that has been rediscovered in past decades,
largely owing to new understanding of the mechanisms of special wetting phenomena in …

Slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS) with superior liquid repellency, anti-corrosion, anti-icing and intensified durability for protecting substrates

Y Long, X Yin, P Mu, Q Wang, J Hu, J Li - Chemical engineering journal, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, various slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) have been reported
in protection of various materials. However, these SLIPSs are restricted to specific …

The challenges, achievements and applications of submersible superhydrophobic materials

YA Mehanna, E Sadler, RL Upton… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic materials have been widely reported throughout the scientific literature.
Their properties originate from a highly rough morphology and inherently water repellent …

Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS2 via synergistic regulation of interlayer dislocations and interlayer spacing

L Wang, F Zhang, N Sun, L **e, T Zhi, Q Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
High out-of-plane charge transfer resistance, along with a low concentration of exposed
catalytic sites in multilayer MoS 2 hinder its application in catalytic hydrogen evolution …

Ultrahigh‐current‐density and long‐term‐durability electrocatalysts for water splitting

Q Wen, Y Zhao, Y Liu, H Li, T Zhai - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen economy is imagined where excess electric energy from renewable sources
stored directly by electrochemical water splitting into hydrogen is later used as clean …

Versatile bubble maneuvering on photopyroelectric slippery surfaces

H Zhan, Z Yuan, Y Li, L Zhang, H Liang, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Contactless bubble manipulation with a high spatiotemporal resolution brings a qualitative
leap forward in a variety of applications. Despite considerable advances, light-induced …

Superwetting Janus membranes: focusing on unidirectional transport behaviors and multiple applications

H Zhou, Z Guo - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
It should be noted that the one-way transportation of liquids is of great significance to the
separation or collection process and the manipulation of microfluids can effectively solve …