Designing novel superwetting surfaces for high-efficiency oil–water separation: design principles, opportunities, trends and challenges

L Qiu, Y Sun, Z Guo - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane filtration and absorption strategies based on superwetting surfaces for oil–water
separation have regained tremendous attention due to their being low cost, highly efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Science and engineering of superhydrophobic surfaces: review of corrosion resistance, chemical and mechanical stability

GB Darband, M Aliofkhazraei, S Khorsand… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Investigations on superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) are very interesting because of their
importance in many applications. One of the major applications of these SHS is to increase …

Biomimetic durable multifunctional self-cleaning nanofibrous membrane with outstanding oil/water separation, photodegradation of organic contaminants, and …

W Ma, Y Li, M Zhang, S Gao, J Cui… - ACS applied materials …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Wastewater pollution has always been one of the most severe worldwide environmental
problems. In addition, in light of the frequent oil spills that have occurred in recent years, the …

[HTML][HTML] From basics to frontiers: A comprehensive review of plasma-modified and plasma-synthesized polymer films

T Dufour - Polymers, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This comprehensive review begins by tracing the historical development and progress of
cold plasma technology as an innovative approach to polymer engineering. The study …

Nature-inspired chemistry toward hierarchical superhydrophobic, antibacterial and biocompatible nanofibrous membranes for effective UV-shielding, self-cleaning …

W Ma, Y Ding, M Zhang, S Gao, Y Li, C Huang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Fabrication of environmental-friendly, low-cost, and free-standing superhydrophobic
nanofibrous membranes with additional functionalities such as self-cleaning and UV …

Bioinspired surfaces with superwettability: new insight on theory, design, and applications

S Wang, K Liu, X Yao, L Jiang - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

Femtosecond laser induced robust periodic nanoripple structured mesh for highly efficient oil–water separation

K Yin, D Chu, X Dong, C Wang, JA Duan, J He - Nanoscale, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Marine oil spills have induced severe water pollution and threatened sea ecosystems, which
also result in a loss of energy resources. To deal with this problem, much work has been …

Bioinspired superwettability electrospun micro/nanofibers and their applications

L Hou, N Wang, J Wu, Z Cui, L Jiang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the self‐cleaning phenomenon in nature biology, superwettable materials
systems have been increasingly studied by multidisciplinary scientists in past two decades …

Robustly wettability-switchable polylactic acid nanofibrous membranes bearing CO2-responsive trigger and emulsion breaker for versatile oil–water separation

D Yan, Y Zhao, S Zhang, X Wang, X Ning - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Wettability-switchable membranes composed of stimuli-responsive polymers and membrane
substrates show promising prospects in on-demand oil–water separation, while most of …

Self-cleaning surfaces—virtual realities

R Blossey - Nature materials, 2003‏ - nature.com
In the 19th century, Oscar Wilde stated “We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces”. Today,
we do so even more, and we do not regret it: key advances in the understanding and …