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 …

Cellulose/carbon composites and their applications in water treatment–a review

YD Dong, H Zhang, GJ Zhong, G Yao, B Lai - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose, as the most abundant natural polymer material on the earth, has attracted
worldwide attention due to its characteristics of reproducibility, universality, low cost …

A comprehensive review of direct solar desalination techniques and its advancements

VK Chauhan, SK Shukla, JV Tirkey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand of fresh water is rising continuously because of increase in population. This has
created an undue burden on limited reserves of fresh water. Desalination is one of the …

Engineered two-dimensional nanomaterials: an emerging paradigm for water purification and monitoring

M Zeng, M Chen, D Huang, S Lei, X Zhang… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity has become an increasingly complex challenge with the growth of the global
population, economic expansion, and climate change, highlighting the demand for …

Carbon dots: an excellent fluorescent probe for contaminant sensing and remediation

A MP, S Pardhiya, P Rajamani - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pollution‐induced degradation of the environment is a serious problem for both develo**
and developed countries. Existing remediation methods are restricted, necessitating the …

Natural sponge-like wood-derived aerogel for solar-assisted adsorption and recovery of high-viscous crude oil

W Chao, S Wang, Y Li, G Cao, Y Zhao, X Sun… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
An efficient collection and recovery of high-viscous crude-oil from oil spillage through an
environmental-friendly way is extremely important for water remediation. Herein, a new …

Superhydrophobic aerogel membrane with integrated functions of biopolymers for efficient oil/water separation

YH Jiang, YQ Zhang, C Gao, QD An, ZY **ao… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic membranes have been playing crucial role in efficient remediation of
organic pollutants contaminated water, especially for oily discharged wastewater. Taking …

Recent developments in nanomaterials-modified membranes for improved membrane distillation performance

S Sinha Ray, H Singh Bakshi, R Dangayach, R Singh… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally induced membrane separation process that
utilizes vapor pressure variance to permeate the more volatile constituent, typically water as …

Sustainable and robust superhydrophobic cotton fabrics coated with castor oil-based nanocomposites for effective oil–water separation

Q Shang, C Liu, J Chen, X Yang, Y Hu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainable and robust superhydrophobic cotton fabrics were fabricated using a coating
solution that consisted of a novel castor oil-based thiolated oligomer (CO–SH), octavinyl …

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 …