Bio-based materials with special wettability for oil-water separation

Q Fan, T Lu, Y Deng, Y Zhang, W Ma, R **ong… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil leakage and the discharge of organic wastewater have not only threatened the
ecosystem, but also greatly aggravated water scarcity. The separation of oil-water mixture …

Superhydrophobic nanohybrid sponges for separation of oil/water mixtures

NY Abu-Thabit, OJ Uwaezuoke, MHA Elella - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution has led to different types of environmental pollution, including
frequent leakage of crude oil to marine waters and the contamination of wastewater with …

A review on oil/water mixture separation material

N Zhang, Y Qi, Y Zhang, J Luo, P Cui… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Frequent oil spill accidents and leakage of organic solvent destroy aquatic ecosystems and
threaten marine lives. Separation of the oily pollutant from water with material has long been …

“Several birds with one stone” strategy of pH/thermoresponsive flame-retardant/photothermal bactericidal oil-absorbing material for recovering complex spilled oil

Y Chen, J Lin, GAM Mersal, J Zuo, J Li, Q Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although many material designs or strategic methods have been proposed for treating oil
spills and oily wastewater, the complex oily state, dealing with the harsh operating …

Biomimetic materials in oil/water separation: Focusing on switchable wettabilities and applications

H Zhang, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Clean water resources are crucial for human society, as the leakage and discharge of oily
wastewater not only harm the economy but also disrupt our living environment. Therefore …

Thermoresponsive polymers for water treatment and collection

X Xu, N Bizmark, KSS Christie, SS Datta, ZJ Ren… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To overcome the current scarcity of fresh water sustainably, new technologies will be
required that produce potable water from a range of sources, including seawater and …

Recent progress in stimulus-responsive superhydrophobic surfaces

W Li, Y Zhan, A Amirfazli, AR Siddiqui, S Yu - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2022 - Elsevier
With the widening of the application fields and the increasing complexity of the service
environment of superhydrophobic materials, the conventional superhydrophobic surfaces …

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 …

Recent Advances in Stimuli‐Responsive Commodity Polymers

S Wang, Q Liu, L Li, MW Urban - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Known for their adaptability to surroundings, capability of transport control of molecules, or
the ability of converting one type of energy to another as a result of external or internal …

Polyurethane (PU) based multifunctional materials: Emerging paradigm for functional textiles, smart, and biomedical applications

P Sikdar, TM Dip, AK Dhar… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The advances in polymer chemistry research have revolutionized the field of smart materials
and biomedical. Polyurethanes (PUs) are a versatile polymer class with diverse structure …