Collagen fiber‐based advanced separation materials: recent developments and future perspectives

H Xiao, Y Wang, B Hao, Y Cao, Y Cui… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Separation plays a critical role in a broad range of industrial applications. Developing
advanced separation materials is of great significance for the future development of …

Collagen processing with mesoscale aggregates as templates and building blocks

Y Pei, W Yang, K Tang, DL Kaplan - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Collagen presents a well-organized hierarchical multilevel structure. Microfibers, fibers, and
fiber bundles are the aggregates of natural collagen; which achieve an ideal balance of …

Engineering environmentally friendly nanofiber membranes with superhydrophobic surface and intrapore interfaces for ultrafast Oil-water separation

Y Ye, T Li, Y Zhao, J Liu, D Lu, J Wang, K Wang… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic membranes are energy-efficient for oil–water separation, however, lack
of effective approach to develop such membranes hampering their worldwide application of …

Constructing a robust chrome-free leather tanned by biomass-derived polyaldehyde via crosslinking with chitosan derivatives

W Ding, X Pang, Z Ding, DCW Tsang, Z Jiang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tanning leather using green biomass-derived polyaldehyde (BPA) is a promising approach
to eliminate the widespread Cr pollution in leather industry, but unsatisfactory thermal …

A superwetting stainless steel mesh with Janus surface charges for efficient emulsion separation

J Zuo, Y Zhou, Z Chen, T Zhao, Q Tan, C Zhou… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Design of charged materials for demulsification of ionic surfactant-stabilized oil-in-
water emulsions is emerging in recent years. Herein, a superwetting stainless steel mesh …

Superwetting charged copper foams with long permeation channels for ultrafast emulsion separation and surfactant removal

J Zuo, Z Chen, Y Zhou, Z Liu, C Zhou, S Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the advanced materials for oil/water separation have been developing rapidly, few
studies have focused on the issues of simultaneous emulsion breaking and surfactant …

Advanced X-ray shielding materials enabled by the coordination of well-dispersed high atomic number elements in natural leather

Y Wang, P Ding, H Xu, Q Li, J Guo… - ACS applied materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, X-rays are playing increasingly important roles in daily life and industrial
manufacture, which calls for effective and mobile shielding materials. However, it seems to …

Superhydrophobic copper foam bed with extended permeation channels for water-in-oil emulsion separation with high efficiency and flux

Z Chen, J Zuo, T Zhao, Q Tan, Y Nong, S Xu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing separation materials with high separation efficiency and permeation flux for
water-in-oil emulsions is an urgent demand and still a huge challenge. In this study, through …

Natural rubber-based elastomer reinforced by chemically modified multiscale leather collagen fibers with excellent toughness

S Li, Y Wang, W Xu, B Shi - ACS sustainable chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Natural rubber (NR) composite elastomers have been increasingly explored recently,
because they are renewable and environment-friendly. The excellent toughness of rubber …

A robust and repairable copper-based superhydrophobic microfiltration membrane for high-efficiency water-in-oil emulsion separation

J Zhang, L Zhu, S Zhao, D Wang, Z Guo - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
The micro-/nanohierarchical super-wetting filter materials with low energy consumption, low-
cost and high-efficiency have attracted tremendous attention. Moreover, traditional emulsion …