Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great prospects for extremely diverse applications owing to
their water repellence property. The essential feature of superhydrophobicity is micro-/nano …

Oil/water separation is a field of high significance as it has direct practical implications for
resolving the problem of industrial oily wastewater and other oil/water pollution. Therefore …

Superhydrophobic membranes are desirable for separation of water-in-oil emulsions,
membrane distillation, and membrane condensation. However, the lack of large-scale …

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 …

The separation of oily wastewater, including immiscible oil/water mixtures and emulsified
oil/water mixtures, is a worldwide challenge because of the large amount of oily wastewater …

Oil sorbents play a very important part in the remediation processes of oil spills. To enhance
the oil‐sorption properties and simplify the oil‐recovery process, various advanced oil …

Membrane distillation (MD) utilizing low-grade thermal energy can be used to effectively
desalinate hypersaline brines with a high freshwater recovery for water reuse. Membrane …

Oil spills and industrial organic pollutants have induced severe water pollution and
threatened every species in the ecological system. To deal with oily water, special wettability …

Due to highly adhesive property, crude oil is easier to adhere on foul filtration membranes.
Separation of crude oil‐in‐water emulsion is a continuing tough work. Hydrogels with low …

The oil–water separation has attracted heightened attention because of the ever‐increasing
amounts of oily water produced from the daily activities of humans and industrial processes …