Superwetting materials for hydrophilic-oleophobic membrane in oily wastewater treatment

SNW Ikhsan, N Yusof, F Aziz, AF Ismail, J Jaafar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The vast amount of oily wastewater released to the environment through industrialization
has worsened the water quality in recent years, posing adverse impacts on general human …

Oil/water separation techniques: a review of recent progresses and future directions

RK Gupta, GJ Dunderdale, MW England… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil/water separation is a field of high significance as it has direct practical implications for
resolving the problem of industrial oily wastewater and other oil/water pollution. Therefore …

Design, development, and outlook of superwettability membranes in oil/water emulsions separation

Y Cai, SQ Shi, Z Fang, J Li - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oil leakage and discharge of industrial organic solvents are the main reasons for the oily
wastewater. The separation of oil/water emulsions has been a global challenge due to the …

Biomimetic materials in oil/water separation: Focusing on switchable wettabilities and applications

H Zhang, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Clean water resources are crucial for human society, as the leakage and discharge of oily
wastewater not only harm the economy but also disrupt our living environment. Therefore …

Efficient separation of oil-water emulsions: competent design of superwetting materials for practical applications

RS Sutar, X Wu, SS Latthe, B Shi, R Xing… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, the issue of oil-water emulsion is continuously tickling in the minds of researchers.
The oil-water emulsion is hazardous to marine ecological safety and human health around …

Recent advances in superwetting materials for separation of oil/water mixtures

X Bai, Z Yuan, C Lu, H Zhan, W Ge, W Li, Y Liu - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Engineering surfaces or membranes that allow an efficient oil/water separation is highly
desired in a wide spectrum of applications ranging from oily wastewater discharge to …

Superwetting porous materials for wastewater treatment: from immiscible oil/water mixture to emulsion separation

W Zhang, N Liu, Y Cao, X Lin, Y Liu… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, large quantities of oily wastewater discharged from our daily life and industries
have caused serious environmental problems. In addition, frequent oil spill accidents …

Understanding the separations of oil/water mixtures from immiscible to emulsions on super-wettable surfaces

H Zhu, Z Guo - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2016 - Springer
As the frequent oil spill accidents happens and large quantities of oily wastewater from all
kinds of industries are being discharged, the environment has been seriously polluted and …

Recent development of advanced materials with special wettability for selective oil/water separation

Q Ma, H Cheng, AG Fane, R Wang, H Zhang - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing number of oil spill accidents have a catastrophic impact on our aquatic
environment. Recently, special wettable materials used for the oil/water separation have …

Environmentally-friendly fabrication of a recyclable oil-water separation material using copper mesh for immiscible oil/water mixtures

S Xu, Q Wang, N Wang, X Zheng, L Lei - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oily wastewater created by industrial disposal and oil spill disasters enormously affects
human health and ecological systems. Environmentally-friendly methods for oil–water …