Low-grade heat from sources below 100∘ C offers a vast quantity of energy. The ability to
extract this energy, however, is limited with existing technologies as they are not well-suited …

This article reviews the fundamental physics of vapor bubbles in liquids. Work on bubble
growth and condensation for stationary and translating bubbles is summarized and the …

Billions of populations are suffering from the supply–demand imbalance of clean water,
resulting in a global sustainability crisis. Membrane desalination is a promising method to …

Membrane desalination is an emerging technology that shows promise for producing
freshwater from saline waters. However, most membranes are challenged by low freshwater …

Surface and interface engineering provides a powerful tool to tailor the structures and
properties of polymer membranes, sharpening their applications in sustainable …

Low-grade heat from geothermal sources and industrial plants is a significant source of
sustainable power that has great potential to be converted to electricity. The two main …

Janus membranes show great promise toward various applications and are undergoing a
fast‐paced development in materials science. The asymmetric surface engineering on …

Against the backdrop of global water scarcity, porous interface distillation (PID) working on
macroporous evaporation materials attracts ever-growing attention in sustainable …

Evaporation plays a critical role in a range of technologies that power and sustain our
society. Wicks are widely used as passive, capillary-fed evaporators, attracting much interest …

In recent years, solid‐state smart nanopores/nanochannels for intelligent control of the
transportation of ions and molecules as organisms have been extensively studied, because …