Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

The effective separation of highly viscous crude oil/water mixtures remains a worldwide
challenge. Special wettable materials with adsorptive property as an emerging separation …

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 …

Frequent oil spill accidents and leakage of organic solvent destroy aquatic ecosystems and
threaten marine lives. Separation of the oily pollutant from water with material has long been …

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 …

Changing the wetting state of materials is a growing field of research in many areas of
engineering and science. In the oil industry, the term wettability alteration usually refers to …

The efficient separation of highly viscous crude oil/water mixtures caused by offshore crude
oil exploitation, marine transportation, and oil recovery is still a big challenge. Adsorption …

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 …

Special wettability material is an important material for oily wastewater treatment. Among
various wettability materials, the metal mesh material showed great advantages, such as …

Oil leakage and the discharge of organic wastewater have not only threatened the
ecosystem, but also greatly aggravated water scarcity. The separation of oil-water mixture …