Recent progress in develo** advanced membranes for emulsified oil/water separation

Y Zhu, D Wang, L Jiang, J ** - NPG Asia materials, 2014 - nature.com
The separation of oily wastewater, especially emulsified oil/water mixtures, is a worldwide
challenge because of the large amount of oily wastewater produced in many industrial …

25th anniversary article: Reversible and adaptive functional supramolecular materials:“Noncovalent interaction” matters

K Liu, Y Kang, Z Wang, X Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular materials held together by noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen
bonding, host–guest interactions, and electrostatic interactions, have great potential in …

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 …

H+‐Insertion Boosted α‐MnO2 for an Aqueous Zn‐Ion Battery

X Gao, H Wu, W Li, Y Tian, Y Zhang, H Wu, L Yang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Rechargeable Zn/MnO2 batteries using mild aqueous electrolytes are attracting
extensive attention due to their low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness …

[PDF][PDF] Nanowire-haired inorganic membranes with superhydrophilicity and underwater ultralow adhesive superoleophobicity for high-efficiency oil/water separation

F Zhang, WB Zhang, Z Shi, D Wang, J **, L Jiang - Adv. Mater, 2013 - researchgate.net
Oil/water separation has been a worldwide subject because of increasing release of
industrial oily wastewater as well as frequent crude oil leakage.[1] Traditional techniques for …

Photoinduced Superwetting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/TiO2 Ultrathin Network Films for Ultrafast Separation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions

SJ Gao, Z Shi, WB Zhang, F Zhang, J ** - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
A SWCNT/TiO2 nanocomposite ultrathin film that has superhydrophilic and underwater
superoleophobic properties after UV-light irradiation is successfully prepared by coating …

A novel zwitterionic polyelectrolyte grafted PVDF membrane for thoroughly separating oil from water with ultrahigh efficiency

Y Zhu, F Zhang, D Wang, XF Pei, W Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil–water separation is a worldwide challenge because of increasingly oily wastewater, as
well as frequent oil spill accidents. We report in this work the fabrication of a zwitterionic …

Superwetting polymer-decorated SWCNT composite ultrathin films for ultrafast separation of oil-in-water nanoemulsions

SJ Gao, YZ Zhu, F Zhang, J ** - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional membranes with a superwetting surface property have been extensively explored
to achieve oil–water separation. Here, single-walled carbon nanotube/polydopamine …

A multi-functional oil–water separator from a selectively pre-wetted superamphiphobic paper

D Ge, L Yang, C Wang, E Lee, Y Zhang… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A multi-functional oil–water separator is prepared from a paper towel spray coated with
superamphiphobic (ie, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic) nanoparticles. After the …

Morphological Evolution of Two-Dimensional MnO2 Nanosheets and Their Shape Transformation to One-Dimensional Ultralong MnO2 Nanowires for Robust …

AK Sinha, M Pradhan, T Pal - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013 - ACS Publications
This paper reports the nucleation and growth of 2D δ-MnO2 nanosheets from a simple wet
chemical reaction at low temperature. The reaction between aqueous KMnO4 and pure ethyl …