Porous membranes have a long history of research and applications, and their operations
have been consolidated for a wide range of uses in the fields of chemical separation, water …

Considering the circular economy and environmental protection, sustainable recovery of
high-value metals from wastewater has become a prominent concern. Unlike conventional …

Triboelectric nanogenerators are an energy harvesting technology that relies on the
coupling effects of contact electrification and electrostatic induction between two solids or a …

Structural materials are used to provide stable mechanical architectures and transmit or
support forces, and they play an important role in materials science and technology. During …

The implementation of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for sub‐angstrom scale gas
separations remains a grand challenge. Herein, a series of analogous mixed matrix …

Unidirectional liquid transport without any need of external energy has drawn worldwide
attention for its potential applications in various fields such as microfluidics, biomedicine and …

Rapid progress toward smart membranes has been made in the past few decades, of which
the liquid gating membranes have attracted increasing attention because of their smart …

Resistive strain sensors play a crucial role in the development of flexible and stretchable
electronics because of their excellent sensitivity and conformability. However, such sensors …

The manipulation and control of free-standing liquid film drainage dynamics is of paramount
importance in many technological fields and related products, ranging from liquid lenses to …

Superwetting materials with opposite affinities to water and oil have been widely applied for
separating oil-water system. However, separation of organic liquid mixtures remains great …