Bioinspired superwetting oil–water separation strategy: toward the era of openness

Z Liu, Y Si, C Yu, L Jiang, Z Dong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired superwetting oil–water separation strategies have received significant attention
for their potential in addressing global water scarcity and aquatic pollution challenges. Over …

Recent progress in bio-inspired macrostructure array materials with special wettability—from surface engineering to functional applications

Z Lian, J Zhou, W Ren, F Chen, J Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Bio-inspired macrostructure array (MAA, size: submillimeter to millimeter scale) materials
with special wettability (MAAMs-SW) have attracted significant research attention due to their …

Enhanced water transportation on a superhydrophilic serial cycloid-shaped pattern

D Yan, Y Lu, J Liu, Y Chen, J Sun, J Song - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Spontaneous and directional water transportation (SDWT) is considered as an ideal water
transportation method and has a great prospect in the aerospace and ship fields …

Superwetting materials as catalysts in photocatalysis: State-of-the-Art review

L Mohapatra, SH Yoo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Solid–liquid–air joint interface-based triphasic superwetting catalysts offer a promising
approach to enhance photocatalysis for tackling escalating organic contamination …

Fast-polymerized lubricant and antibacterial hydrogel coatings for medical catheters

C Sun, Y Zhang, F Dong, J Zhao, P Zhang, S Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Medical catheters are highly susceptible to friction and infection when intervening or
implanting in the body, and to thrombosis when in contact with blood. Coating medical …

Functional microfluidics: theory, microfabrication, and applications

M ** transparent and superamphiphobic materials that can repel low‐surface‐
tension liquids is attractive for fundamental research and industrial applications. Despite …

Universal liquid self-transport beneath a flexible superhydrophilic track

M Cao, Y Qiu, H Bai, X Wang, Z Li, T Zhao, Y Tian… - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Spontaneous liquid transport on an open surface offers a great opportunity to develop
advanced systems with lower energy consumption and multifunction. Achieving universal …

Enhancing water droplet-based electricity generator by harnessing multiple-dielectric layers structure

K Wang, W Xu, J Li, H Zheng, S Sun, W Song, Y Song… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting water energy is promising to relieve the global energy crisis and reach the aim of
carbon neutrality. However, few effective technologies can make use of water droplets as a …

Zero‐waste emission design of sustainable and programmable actuators

L Sun, L Che, M Li, WG Neal, X Leng, Y Long, Y Jia… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Moisture‐responsive actuators are widely used as energy‐harvesting devices due to their
excellent ability to spontaneously and continuously convert external energy into kinetic …