A review on oil/water emulsion separation membrane material

N Zhang, X Yang, Y Wang, Y Qi, Y Zhang, J Luo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing oil spill accidents from industries and the daily life have caused serious
economic loss, destroyed the ecological environment and threatened human health. In order …

Advanced materials with special wettability toward intelligent oily wastewater remediation

W Zheng, J Huang, S Li, M Ge, L Teng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Clean water resources are essential to our human society. Oil leakage has caused water
contamination, which leads to serious shortage of clean water, environmental deterioration …

Review on the recent development of durable superhydrophobic materials for practical applications

Q Zeng, H Zhou, J Huang, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces show great potential in oil–water separation, anti-
icing and self-cleaning. However, due to the instability caused by its fragile structure and …

Self-healing superwetting surfaces, their fabrications, and properties

H Zhou, H Niu, H Wang, T Lin - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The research on superwetting surfaces with a self-healing function against various damages
has progressed rapidly in the recent decade. They are expected to be an effective approach …

Recent advances in photocatalysis based on bioinspired superwettabilities

H Zhu, S Cai, G Liao, ZF Gao, X Min, Y Huang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the field of interface science, superwettability and photocatalysis are two significant
research hot spots. Currently, wettability has been proved to be a decisive factor to enhance …

Multifunctional electrospun nanofibrous membrane: an effective method for water purification

W Cao, M Zhang, W Ma, C Huang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater appeared all over the world severely influenced the health and well-being of
human and the balance of ecosystem. Temptations proposed by scientific field, citizens or …

Superior self-cleaning surfaces via the synergy of superhydrophobicity and photocatalytic activity: Principles, synthesis, properties, and applications

C Zhang, X Zhang, H Shen, D Shuai, X **ong… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning surfaces are attractive and desirable owing to their unique benefits to the
environment, energy, and labor-saving for various promising practical applications. Superior …

Superhydrophobic, photo-sterilize, and reusable mask based on graphene nanosheet-embedded carbon (GNEC) film

Z Lin, Z Wang, X Zhang, D Diao - Nano research, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected more than 200 countries.
Wearing masks can effectively cut off the virus spreading route since the coronavirus is …

Self‐healing superhydrophobic surfaces: healing principles and applications

S **ang, W Liu - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic surfaces have already been applied in anti‐fouling, water‐oil separation,
liquid transportation, etc. Surfaces can be defined as superhydrophobic surfaces once they …

One-step fabrication of biodegradable superhydrophobic PLA fabric for continuous oil/water separation

T Chen, J Guo, H Xu, J Zhang, N Hu, H Liu - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Various types of functional materials incorporating superhydrophobic components have
been rapidly developed for efficient oil/water separation. The post-processing of these used …