Towards environmentally sustainable management: A review on the generation, degradation, and recycling of polypropylene face mask waste

L Lyu, M Bagchi, N Markoglou, C An, H Peng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
There has been a considerable increase in the use of face masks in the past years.
Managing face mask waste has become a global concern, as the current waste …

A review of the state-of-the-art on thermal insulation performance of polymeric foams

R Hasanzadeh, T Azdast, PC Lee, CB Park - Thermal Science and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Achieving the global energy sustainability plays a key role in the energy fields. Thermal
insulation materials play a vital role on this sustainability. There are different potential …

Rosin acid and SiO2 modified cotton fabric to prepare fluorine-free durable superhydrophobic coating for oil-water separation

C Chen, Z Li, Y Hu, Q Huang, X Li, Y Qing… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Currently, fluorides and long-chain aliphatic compounds are the most frequent low surface
energy chemicals utilized in the preparation of superhydrophobic coatings, but associated …

Magnetic, self–heating and superhydrophobic sponge for solar–driven high–viscosity oil–water separation

Z Chu, Y Feng, T Xu, C Zhu, K Li, Y Li, Y Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In this work, a novel oil–adsorption sponge with superhydrophobicity was fabricated using
polymer–assisted electroless deposition and dip–coating techniques for depositing a rough …

Robust polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) nanofibrous membrane achieved by shear-induced in-situ fibrillation for fast oil/water separation and solid removal in harsh …

J Chai, G Wang, A Zhang, X Li, Z Xu, J Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Facing the severe pollution in modern industry, membrane separation is widely used to treat
the wasted solvents owning to its low cost, high efficiency, and scalability. Microporous …

Three-dimensional hydrophobic melamine@ methyl trichlorosilane/polydimethylsiloxane sponge for consecutive and long-term oil/water separation

W Wan, Z Yang, T Tan, Y Li, Z Zhang, P Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Herein, a melamine sponge is adopted as the skeleton to be modified by both methyl
trichlorosilane (MTS) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) on the surface, fabricating the 3D …

A novel systematic multi-objective optimization to achieve high-efficiency and low-emission waste polymeric foam gasification using response surface methodology …

R Hasanzadeh, M Mojaver, T Azdast… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Gasification is one of the most important thermochemical processes to convert a solid fuel to
energy carriers of a gaseous product called syngas. This process has been well addressed …

Cellulose/inorganic nanoparticles-based nano-biocomposite for abatement of water and wastewater pollutants

Z Zhang, AIS Ahmed, MZ Malik, N Ali, F Ali, MO Hassan… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanostructured materials offer a significant role in wastewater treatment with diminished
capital and operational expense, low dose, and pollutant selectivity. Specifically, the …

Anti-shrinkage, high-elastic, and strong thermoplastic polyester elastomer foams fabricated by microcellular foaming with CO2 & N2 as blowing agents

Z Xu, G Wang, J Zhao, A Zhang, G Dong… - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) is a high-performance polymer with high tear
strength and excellent abrasion resistance, and microcellular TPEE foams exhibit low …

PDMS/magnetic lignin sponge for oil/water separation

YQ Zhang, QD An, ZY **ao, KR Zhu, XL Dong… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Recyclable, non-toxic, and degradable biological substrates contribute significantly to super-
wetting surfaces. In this work, we prepared magnetic micro-nano super-hydrophobic …