A comprehensive review of separation technologies for waste plastics in urban mine

Y Zhang, Q Wang, N Yalikun, H Wang, C Wang… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic recycling has an obstacle from heterogeneous composition of plastic mixtures, which
can be rectified by separation based on their different chemical and physical properties …

Current state of magnetic levitation and its applications in polymers: A review

J ** surfaces
Y Zhang, H Jiang, K Bian, H Wang, C Wang - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the single largest chlorine source of plastics, hazardous polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has
become an increasing environmental concern with the rapid microplastics accumulation. An …

Total separation of multi-plastic wastes using magnetic levitation with adjustable sensitivity

J **e, W Lin, C Lyu, L Zhang, P Zhao, J Li - Separation and Purification …, 2025 - Elsevier
Novel separation method with high efficiency is of great significance for mechanical
recycling mixed waste plastics plays. However, the efficiency of most extant methods is …

Direct synthesis of a jet fuel range dicycloalkane from polycarbonate waste at a high concentration

JH Luo, J Deng - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
Upcycling plastics into alkane fuel is a popular strategy, which is consistent with green
chemistry and the concept of carbon neutrality. In this study, we converted polycarbonate …

Radial magnetic levitation and its application to density measurement, separation, and detection of microplastics

L **a, R Liu, J Liu, X Zhu, A Ding, Q Cao - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work describes the development of radial magnetic levitation (MagLev) using two
radially magnetized ring magnets to solve the problem of limited operational spaces in …

Cross-Halbach magnetic levitation configuration for density-based measurement, separation and detection

C Lyu, C Zhang, B Zhang, X Ni, J Fu, P Zhao - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2025 - Elsevier
Magnetic levitation (MagLev) is a well-documented and widely-applied technique in
accurate, sensitive, and untethered testing of living and non-living materials in both …

Automatic and continuous separation of mixed waste plastics via magneto-Archimedes levitation

J **e, C Zhang, Y Jia, J Fu, P Zhao - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
High efficiency separation is a significant process of the mechanical recycling to manage the
mixed waste plastics. However, most of the extant methods can only deal with binary …

Surface alcoholysis induced by alkali-activation ethanol: A novel scheme for binary flotation of polyethylene terephthalate from other plastics

Y Zhang, H Jiang, Y Du, C Wang, H Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Although waste plastic was defined as potential resources, heterogeneous components and
low separation efficiency severely blocked plastic recycling. Based on polyesters …

Advanced density-based methods for the characterization of materials, binding events, and kinetics

TP Doan-Nguyen, D Crespy - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Investigations of the densities of chemicals and materials bring valuable insights into the
fundamental understanding of matter and processes. Recently, advanced density-based …