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

Chemistry and topography are the two distinct available tools for customizing different bio-
inspired liquid wettability including superhydrophobicity, superamphiphobicity, underwater …

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 …

Superhydrophobic cellulose-based products have immense potential in many industries
where plastics and other polymers with hydrophobic properties are used. Superhydrophobic …

Nowadays, metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have been applied in various fields of
nanotechnology including catalysis of chemical reactions, drug delivery, water treatment …

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 …

Since superwetting surfaces have emerged, on‐demand oil/water separation materials
serve as a new direction for meeting practical needs. This new separation mode uses a …

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 …

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 …

The increasing number of oil spill accidents have a catastrophic impact on our aquatic
environment. Recently, special wettable materials used for the oil/water separation have …