Many organisms in nature thrive in intricate habitats through their unique bio-adhesive
surfaces, facilitating tasks such as capturing prey and reproduction. It's important to note that …

In nature, millions of creatures, such as geckos, tree frogs, octopuses, etc., have evolved
fantastic switchable adhesion capabilities to climb swiftly on vertical even inverted surfaces …

The rapid increase in the global population and demand for commodities has contributed to
the rapid depletion of metal and coal resources. A critical issue for the mineral processing …

This review provides an intensive overview of flame retardant coating systems. The
occurrence of flame due to thermal degradation of the polymer substrate as a result of …

The separation and enrichment of scheelite from calcite are hindered by the similar active
Ca2+ sites of scheelite and the calcite with calciferous gangue. Herein, a novel trisiloxane …

Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid growth in the research and extraordinary
applications of micro and nanobubbles due to their unique physicochemical properties …

Coacervation is a liquid-liquid phase separation phenomenon. It involves the formation of a
dense coacervate phase, rich in concentrated materials, and a co-existing immiscible dilute …

Electrocatalytic oxidation was adopted as a novel pretreatment method for the following
selective flotation separation of chalcopyrite and molybdenite. Flotation tests of single …

In the study, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma was used to activate
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for synergetic degradation of residual potassium ethyl xanthate …

Hydrophobic interactions play a critical role in many interfacial processes of mineral
systems, such as water treatment, particle separation, and functional materials for self …