Membrane separation technology has significant advantages for treating oil-in-water
emulsions. Understanding the evolution of oil droplets could reveal the interfacial and …

The separation of oil/water mixtures has become a major problem worldwide as oil spills
and the discharge of oily wastewater. Materials with special wettable surfaces have been …

Currently, fluorides and long-chain aliphatic compounds are the most frequent low surface
energy chemicals utilized in the preparation of superhydrophobic coatings, but associated …

A novel Janus sponge with the ability to remove complex contaminants from water is
reported. Firstly, a superhydrophilic sponge (PA@ PEI-sponge) is prepared via synthesizing …

Creating innovative absorbent materials with a rapid absorption rate and high absorption
efficiency for viscous crude oils continues to be a global problem. Hydrophobic/oleophilic …

Hydrophilic-hydrophobic composite wettability surfaces have shown great potential in
various fields such as water harvesting, oil-water separation, microfluidic devices, the …

Demulsification using membranes is a promising method to coalesce highly stable
emulsified oil droplets for oil recovery. Nevertheless, a structure of the current filtration …

Traditional superwettable membranes for demulsification of oil/water emulsions could not
maintain their separation performance for long because of low demulsification capacity and …

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 …

The discharge of anionic surfactants stabilized oily wastewater is harmful to aquatic plants
and animals, and the treatment of the wastewater is urgent. However, on account of the high …