A critical review of membrane wettability in membrane distillation from the perspective of interfacial interactions

H Chang, B Liu, Z Zhang, R Pawar, Z Yan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrophobic membranes used in membrane distillation (MD) systems are often subject to
wetting during long-term operation. Thus, it is of great importance to fully understand factors …

Contact angles: History of over 200 years of open questions

JW Drelich, L Boinovich, E Chibowski… - Surface …, 2019 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The contact angle is one of the most sensitive experimental values describing a junction
between three phases, being influenced by the composition and properties of contacting …

A 19% efficient and stable organic photovoltaic device enabled by a guest nonfullerene acceptor with fibril-like morphology

H Chen, SY Jeong, J Tian, Y Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A nonfullerene acceptor, isoIDITC, capable of exhibiting fibril-like morphology, is utilized as
a third component in organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs). A power conversion efficiency …

Enhanced and balanced charge transport boosting ternary solar cells over 17% efficiency

D Li, L Zhu, X Liu, W Xiao, J Yang, R Ma… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary architecture is one of the most effective strategies to boost the power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). Here, an OSC with a ternary architecture …

Use of Rosa canina fruit extract as a green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in 1 M HCl solution: A complementary experimental, molecular dynamics and quantum …

Z Sanaei, M Ramezanzadeh, G Bahlakeh… - Journal of industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rosa canina fruit extract was utilized for mild steel corrosion inhibition in 1 M HCl solution.
The inhibition efficiency of inhibitor was studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy …

Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 1 M HCl solution by ethanolic extract of eco-friendly Mangifera indica (mango) leaves: electrochemical, molecular dynamics, Monte …

M Ramezanzadeh, G Bahlakeh, Z Sanaei… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mild steel corrosion inhibition in 1 M HCl solution containing Mangifera indica
(mango)(M. indica) leaves extract was examined by electrochemical and surface studies …

Enhancement of the corrosion protection performance and cathodic delamination resistance of epoxy coating through treatment of steel substrate by a novel …

B Ramezanzadeh, A Ahmadi, M Mahdavian - Corrosion Science, 2016 - Elsevier
This study focuses on developing a sol-gel based silane film filled with functionalized
graphene oxide nanosheets (fGO) to enhance the epoxy coating resistance against …

A new approach for enhancement of the corrosion protection properties and interfacial adhesion bonds between the epoxy coating and steel substrate through surface …

N Parhizkar, T Shahrabi, B Ramezanzadeh - Corrosion science, 2017 - Elsevier
This study introduces a novel surface treatment approach of steel substrate by covalent
modification of graphene oxide (fGO) nanosheets with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane to …

Contact angle measurement and contact angle interpretation

DY Kwok, AW Neumann - Advances in colloid and interface science, 1999 - Elsevier
Recent progress in the correlation of contact angles with solid surface tensions are
summarized. The measurements of meaningful contact angles in terms of surface energetics …

Corrosion protection and adhesion properties of the epoxy coating applied on the steel substrate pre-treated by a sol-gel based silane coating filled with amino and …

N Parhizkar, B Ramezanzadeh, T Shahrabi - Applied surface science, 2018 - Elsevier
This research has focused on the effect of graphene oxide (GO) nano-fillers embedded in
the sol-gel based silane coating on the corrosion protection and adhesion properties of the …