Electrospinning nanofibers and nanomembranes for oil/water separation

X Yan, X Xiao, C Au, S Mathur, L Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Offshore oil spills, industrial oily wastewater, and domestic oil pollution are some of the most
serious global challenges, and are leading environmental causes of morbidity and mortality …

Advances in graphene oxide membranes for water treatment

F Jia, X Xiao, A Nashalian, S Shen, L Yang, Z Han… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Graphene oxide (GO), a derivative of graphene, is a novel carbon material that has attracted
a lot of attention in the field of membrane materials as its ability to achieve layer-by-layer …

Bioinspired superwetting materials for water manipulation

X Leng, L Sun, Y Long, Y Lu - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water manipulation is crucial for a wide range of engineering applications, such as
microfluidics, heat transfer, desalination, and water harvesting. Despite scientific …

Self-powered environmental monitoring via a triboelectric nanogenerator

A Chang, C Uy, X Xiao, J Chen - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
With air pollution increasing around 75% in the past 30 years, 80% of the globe's wasted
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …

Recent advances in atmosphere water harvesting: Design principle, materials, devices, and applications

B Wang, X Zhou, Z Guo, W Liu - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmosphere water harvest offers a creative and straightforward way to tackle the global-
range freshwater shortage, especially in remote areas and arid deserts. Inspired by the …

[HTML][HTML] The challenges, achievements and applications of submersible superhydrophobic materials

YA Mehanna, E Sadler, RL Upton… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic materials have been widely reported throughout the scientific literature.
Their properties originate from a highly rough morphology and inherently water repellent …

Slippery lubricant‐infused surfaces: properties and emerging applications

J Li, E Ueda, D Paulssen… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired lubricant‐infused surfaces exhibit various unique properties attributed to their
liquid‐like and molecularly smooth nature. Excellent liquid repellency and “slippery” …

Creation of topological ultraslippery surfaces for droplet motion control

X Yang, K Zhuang, Y Lu, X Wang - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Droplet motion control on slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) that mimics the
peristome surface of Nepenthes alata has promising applications in the fields of energy, lab …

[HTML][HTML] Versatile bubble maneuvering on photopyroelectric slippery surfaces

H Zhan, Z Yuan, Y Li, L Zhang, H Liang, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Contactless bubble manipulation with a high spatiotemporal resolution brings a qualitative
leap forward in a variety of applications. Despite considerable advances, light-induced …

Recent advances in graphene oxide membranes for nanofiltration

L Yang, X Xiao, S Shen, J Lama, M Hu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Advanced membrane separation technology plays an important role in achieving excellent
water treatment, which can help solve the freshwater crisis. However, there remains a trade …