Sorption‐based Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Materials, Components, Systems, and Applications

A Entezari, OC Esan, X Yan, R Wang… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater scarcity is a global challenge posing threats to the lives and daily activities of
humankind such that two‐thirds of the global population currently experience water …

Electrospun fibers as carriers for topical drug delivery and release in skin bandages and patches for atopic dermatitis treatment

ZJ Krysiak, U Stachewicz - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The skin is a complex layer system and the most important barrier between the environment
and the organism. In this review, we describe some widespread skin problems, with a focus …

The impact of relative humidity on electrospun polymer fibers: From structural changes to fiber morphology

PK Szewczyk, U Stachewicz - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is one of the most important methods used for the production of
nanostructured materials. Electrospun nanofibers are used in a wide spectrum of …

Efficient fabrication of desert beetle-inspired micro/nano-structures on polypropylene/graphene surface with hybrid wettability, chemical tolerance, and passive anti …

W Zhou, T Wu, Y Du, X Zhang, X Chen, J Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Obtaining fresh water from the atmosphere by fog collectors is a promising way to meet the
challenge of the water crisis. Bioinspired fog collectors have attracted widespread attention …

A quadruple-biomimetic surface for spontaneous and efficient fog harvesting

R Feng, F Song, C Xu, XL Wang, YZ Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Rational manipulation of liquid motion on functional surfaces are of high interest for the
fabrication of advanced water-harvest devices. Great efforts have dedicated to the …

Fog collection behavior of bionic surface and large fog collector: A review

H Yue, Q Zeng, J Huang, Z Guo, W Liu - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water shortages are currently becoming more and more serious due to complicated factors
such as the development of the economy, environmental pollution, and climate deterioration …

Biomimicking spider webs for effective fog water harvesting with electrospun polymer fibers

J Knapczyk-Korczak, U Stachewicz - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fog is an underestimated source of water, especially in regions where conventional
methods of water harvesting are impossible, ineffective, or challenging for low-cost water …

Surface potential driven water harvesting from fog

DP Ura, J Knapczyk-Korczak, PK Szewczyk… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Access to clean water is a global challenge, and fog collectors are a promising solution.
Polycarbonate (PC) fibers have been used in fog collectors but with limited efficiency. In this …

Ultrafast and on-demand oil/water separation with vertically aligned cellulosic smart sponge

J Kang, H Kim, C Nam - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Slow oil sorption speed of commercial non-woven polypropylene (PP) sorbent remains a
major challenge for efficient clean-up of oil spillage. Adsorption-based polymeric sponge oil …

Photoresponsive Electrospun Fiber Meshes with Switchable Wettability for Effective Fog Water Harvesting in Variable Humidity Conditions

G Parisi, PK Szewczyk, S Narayan… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The global water supply worsens yearly with climate change; therefore, the need for
sustainable water resources is growing. One of them is fog water collectors with variable …