Highly flexible and superhydrophobic MOF nanosheet membrane for ultrafast alcohol-water separation

LH Xu, SH Li, H Mao, Y Li, AS Zhang, S Wang, WM Liu… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
High-performance pervaporation membranes have potential in industrial separation
applications, but overcoming the permeability-selectivity trade-off is a challenge. We report a …

Superhydrophobic and wearable TPU based nanofiber strain sensor with outstanding sensitivity for high-quality body motion monitoring

L Lin, Y Choi, T Chen, H Kim, KS Lee, J Kang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays, stretchable, flexible and wearable strain sensors are becoming more and more
important for their abilities to monitor human health and body motions. However, it still exists …

A review of recent advances in the development of superhydrophobicity over various substrate surfaces using polymers

A Raju, D Samanta, K Rajendrakumar - ChemistrySelect, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Owing to its hydrophobic nature, polymers are more commonly employed to impart
superhydrophobicity over different surfaces. This review gives a brief account on the …

A fluorinated, defect-free ZIF-8/PDMS mixed matrix membrane for enhancing ethanol pervaporation

S Pang, Z Si, G Li, H Wu, Y Cui, C Zhang, C Ren… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A high-quality mixed matrix membrane (MMM) with high flux and separation factor is
fostered to enhance ethanol pervaporation. In this study, a fluorinated and defect-free ZIF …

Fabrication of epoxy/SiO2/ZnO superhydrophobic nanocomposite mesh membranes for oil-water separation: Correlating oil flux to fabrication parameters via Box …

E Velayi, R Norouzbeigi - Applied Surface Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic nanocomposite mesh membranes were constructed by facile scalable
spray deposition method without using low surface energy modifiers for oil-water separation …

Water vapor recovery device designed with interface local heating principle and its application in clean water production

B Ge, S Tang, H Zhang, W Li, M Wang, G Ren… - Journal of Materials …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In this world, insufficient potable water resources and water pollution exist simultaneously.
The photothermal device designed in this paper consists of three components: a …

Photo-cured fabrication of PDMS hollow fiber membrane for the pervaporative separation of 1-butanol from water

S Pang, Z Si, Y Zhuang, H Wu, J Baeyens… - Separation and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the benchmark pervaporation (PV) material, and its hollow
fiber (HF) membrane is generally fabricated by thermal curing, which is energy-intensive …

Fluoroalkyl-grafted methacrylate-PDMS membranes using fluoromonomer as a diluent for enhancing biobutanol pervaporation

Z Si, Y Wang, C Liu, T Xue, S Yang, G Li, C Zhang… - Green …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In bioalcohol production, alcohol-permselective membranes have an important role to play
in the growing demand for biofuels, where polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes are …

Economic effect of an efficient and environmentally friendly extractive distillation/pervaporation process on the separation of ternary azeotropes with different …

H Zhang, Q Zhao, M Zhou, P Cui, Y Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Exploring the process of cost-effective and efficient technology to separate ternary aqueous
azeotropic systems has become essential research in chemistry and materials science …

Fabrication of superhydrophobic PDMS/TiO2 composite coatings with corrosion resistance

Z Zhou, B Ma, X Zhang, C Deng, S Yang… - Surface …, 2022‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
In this study, a combination of hydrothermal and sol–gel methods was used to prepare
superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/titanium dioxide (TiO2) composite coatings …