Recent strategies for enhancing the performance and lifespan of low-cost ceramic membranes in water filtration and treatment processes: a review

NMA Omar, MHD Othman, ZS Tai, TA Kurniawan… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ceramic membranes, well-known for their high stability and resistance, are crucial in water
filtration and treatment applications. However, they encounter challenges related to …

Superhydrophobic antibacterial cotton textiles

MS Khalil-Abad, ME Yazdanshenas - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2010 - Elsevier
We present a facile and effective method to prepare superhydrophobic cotton textiles. Silver
particles were produced on cotton fibers by treatment with aqueous KOH and AgNO3 …

Facile fabrication of a superamphiphobic surface on the copper substrate

X Zhu, Z Zhang, X Xu, X Men, J Yang, X Zhou… - Journal of colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A simple solution-immersion technique was developed for the fabrication of a
superamphiphobic surface on the copper sheet. Hierarchical structure composed of nanorod …

Preparation and anti-icing properties of a superhydrophobic silicone coating on asphalt mixture

C Peng, H Zhang, Z You, F Xu, G Jiang, S Lv… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The formation of ice on pavement is a serious issue for driving safety. This paper proposes a
new method of preparing a superhydrophobic silicone coating on asphalt pavement …

Bio-inspired special wetting surfaces via self-assembly

X **, S Yang, Z Li, KS Liu, L Jiang - Science China Chemistry, 2012 - Springer
Self-assembly is the fundamental principle, which can occur spontaneously in nature.
Through billions of years of evolution, nature has learned what is optimal. The optimized …

Silver nanoparticles coated zinc oxide nanorods array as superhydrophobic substrate for the amplified SERS effect

F Xu, Y Zhang, Y Sun, Y Shi, Z Wen… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A superhydrophobic substrate that combines the superhydrophobic condensation effect and
high enhancement ability of silver nanoparticle coated zinc oxide nanorods array (Ag …

Facile microfabrication of 3-dimensional (3D) hydrophobic polymer surfaces using 3D printing technology

B Kang, J Hyeon, H So - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Facile, cost-effective, rapid, and high-throughput fabrication of polymer-based
hydrophobic surfaces was demonstrated using fused deposition modeling (FDM) three …

A comparative study of the icephobic and self-cleaning properties of Teflon materials having different surface morphologies

E Vazirinasab, K Maghsoudi, R Jafari… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Materials having fluorocarbon bonds are among the best candidates for the fabrication of
superhydrophobic surfaces. Here, two facile, non-expensive, and industrialized approaches …

Fabrication of Ag nanoparticles modified TiO2–CNT heterostructures for enhanced visible light photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and bacteria

MM Mohamed, G Osman, KS Khairou - Journal of environmental chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
TiO 2 synthesized using polymeric template consisting of polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl
alcohol (Tev) and loaded with different wt% of Ag (2%, 6%) was exploited to create covalent …

Effect of wettability on the agglomeration of silicon nanowire arrays fabricated by metal-assisted chemical etching

AS Togonal, L He, P Roca i Cabarrocas, Rusli - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
The effect of wettability on the undesirable bundling of silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays
fabricated by metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) method is investigated. This paper …