Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Polyimide based super-wettable membranes/materials for high performance oil/water mixture and emulsion separation: A review

U Baig, M Faizan, MA Dastageer - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews the application of highly heat and pressure resistant polyimide material
for the development of membranes/materials that exhibit unique super-wettability, the …

Separation mechanism and construction of surfaces with special wettability for oil/water separation

C Chen, D Weng, A Mahmood, S Chen… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Oil leakage and the discharge of oil/water mixtures by domestic and industrial consumers
have caused not only severe environmental pollution and a threat to all species in the …

Boosting hydrogen production by anodic oxidation of primary amines over a NiSe nanorod electrode

Y Huang, X Chong, C Liu, Y Liang… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For electrocatalytic water splitting, the sluggish anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
restricts the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Therefore, develo** an …

Specially wettable membranes for oil–water separation

Y Wei, H Qi, X Gong, S Zhao - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The oil–water separation has attracted heightened attention because of the ever‐increasing
amounts of oily water produced from the daily activities of humans and industrial processes …

Recent advances in designing fibrous biomaterials for the domain of biomedical, clinical, and environmental applications

N Mamidi, RG García, JDH Martínez… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Unique properties and potential applications of nanofibers have emerged as innovative
approaches and opportunities in the biomedical, healthcare, environmental, and biosensor …

Modified-MOF-808-loaded polyacrylonitrile membrane for highly efficient, simultaneous emulsion separation and heavy metal ion removal

X Chen, D Chen, N Li, Q Xu, H Li, J He… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Oily wastewater, often containing heavy metal ions, is a common source of water pollution.
In this study, a modified-MOF-loaded polyacrylonitrile membrane was designed and …

MOF‐based hierarchical structures for solar‐thermal clean water production

Q Ma, P Yin, M Zhao, Z Luo, Y Huang, Q He… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐thermal water evaporation, as a promising method for clean water production, has
attracted increasing attention. However, solar water evaporators that exhibit both high water …

Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil–water separation

M Ge, C Cao, J Huang, X Zhang, Y Tang, X Zhou… - Nanoscale …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil–water separation is critical for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill
accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also …

High-hydrophobic ZIF-8@ PLA composite aerogel and application for oil-water separation

Y Li, Z Lin, X Wang, Z Duan, P Lu, S Li, D Ji… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, a hierarchical porous ZIF-8@ PLA composite aerogel was prepared by combining
metal–organic skeleton ZIF-8 nanoparticles with polylactic acid (PLA) aerogel matrix by …