Polydimethylsiloxane composites characterization and its applications: A review

R Ariati, F Sales, A Souza, RA Lima, J Ribeiro - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is one of the most promising elastomers due its remarkable
proprieties such as good thermal stability, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, flexibility …

Surface modification of polymers: methods and applications

SK Nemani, RK Annavarapu… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Low cost, controlled crystallinity, chemical, and mechanical stability enable application of
polymers in energy, water, electronics, and biomedical industries. Recent studies have …

Preparation of a shikonin-based pH-sensitive color indicator for monitoring the freshness of fish and pork

P Ezati, YJ Bang, JW Rhim - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel intelligent pH-responsive color indicator was prepared by adsorbing a natural
naphthoquinone pigment, shikonin, onto cellulose paper. FTIR results indicated that …

Cellulose-based special wetting materials for oil/water separation: A review

XQ Zhao, F Wahid, JX Cui, YY Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil spill accidents and oily wastewater discharged by petrochemical industries have
severely wasted water resources and damaged the environment. The use of special wetting …

Superwetting materials for hydrophilic-oleophobic membrane in oily wastewater treatment

SNW Ikhsan, N Yusof, F Aziz, AF Ismail, J Jaafar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The vast amount of oily wastewater released to the environment through industrialization
has worsened the water quality in recent years, posing adverse impacts on general human …

Recent developments of carbon based nanomaterials and membranes for oily wastewater treatment

BS Al-Anzi, OC Siang - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane technology has been acknowledged as an advanced separation process of
surfactant–stabilized emulsions with allowable discharge quality and a relatively simple …

Underwater superoleophobicity cellulose nanofibril aerogel through regioselective sulfonation for oil/water separation

F Sun, W Liu, Z Dong, Y Deng - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) aerogel regioselectively modified by sodium periodate oxidation
and consecutive sodium sulfite sulfonation has been fabricated. The aerogel exhibits …

An insight into nanocellulose as soft condensed matter: Challenge and future prospective toward environmental sustainability

KW Tan, SK Heo, ML Foo, IML Chew, CK Yoo - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose, a structural polysaccharide that has caught tremendous interests nowadays
due to its renewability, inherent biocompatibility and biodegradability, abundance in …

Synthesis of polydopamine coated tungsten oxide@ poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) electrospun nanofibers as multifunctional membranes for water …

MO Mavukkandy, Y Ibrahim, F Almarzooqi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)(PVDF-HFP)
nanofiber membranes were loaded with tungsten oxide (WO 3) nanoparticles, surface …

Current status of cellulosic and nanocellulosic materials for oil spill cleanup

S Fürtauer, M Hassan, A Elsherbiny, SA Gabal… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in the application of lignocellulosic materials for oil spill removal are
discussed in this review article. The types of lignocellulosic substrate material and their …