Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Noble metal nanomaterials for NIR‐triggered photothermal therapy in cancer

Z Lv, S He, Y Wang, X Zhu - Advanced healthcare materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is of great significance to develop anticancer therapeutic agents or technologies with high
degree of specificity and patient compliance, while low toxicity. The emerging photothermal …

Customized Microenvironments Spontaneously Facilitate Coupled Engineering of Real‐Life Large‐Scale Clean Water Capture and Pollution Remediation

J Wang, M Sun, C Liu, Y Ye, M Chen, Z Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harnessing abundant renewable resources and pollutants on a large scale to address
environmental challenges, while providing sustainable freshwater, is a significant …

Enhanced Solar Evaporation Using a Scalable MoS2‐Based Hydrogel for Highly Efficient Solar Desalination

P Liu, Y Hu, XY Li, L Xu, C Chen, B Yuan… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial photo‐vapor conversion has been suggested as a cost‐effective and sustainable
technology for seawater desalination. However, the conversion performance was still limited …

Semiconductor photothermal materials enabling efficient solar steam generation toward desalination and wastewater treatment

I Ibrahim, DH Seo, AM McDonagh, HK Shon, L Ti**g - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity issues around the world have renewed interest in the use of solar water
evaporation as a means of providing fresh water. Advances in photothermal materials and …

Light: a magical tool for controlled drug delivery

Y Tao, HF Chan, B Shi, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a particularly appealing tool for on‐demand drug delivery due to its noninvasive
nature, ease of application, and exquisite temporal and spatial control. Great progress is …

Highly salt-resistant and all-weather solar-driven interfacial evaporators with photothermal and electrothermal effects based on Janus graphene@ silicone sponges

L Li, J Zhang - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar-driven interfacial evaporators are very promising for obtaining clean water, but suffer
from serious performance degradation due to salt-fouling, low evaporation rate under weak …

Designing photothermal superhydrophobic PET fabrics via in situ polymerization and 1, 4-conjugation addition reaction

Z **ong, H Yu, X Gong - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
This study demonstrates a simple and fast method to integrate superhydrophobicity, UV
protection, and photothermal effect onto PET fabrics. The surface of PET fabric forms a …

Conjugated porous polymers: incredibly versatile materials with far-reaching applications

D Taylor, SJ Dalgarno, Z Xu, F Vilela - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated porous polymers (CPPs) are a class of amorphous polymer networks that are, in
their design, fully cross-linked and fully π-conjugated. The cross-linked nature of CPPs …

A solution to break the salt barrier for high-rate sustainable solar desalination

L Zhu, L Sun, H Zhang, H Aslan, Y Sun… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar steam generation (SSG) is a promising approach to address the global shortage of
freshwater by seawater treatment, but commonly suffers from salt-accumulation related …