Special Superwetting Materials from Bioinspired to Intelligent Surface for On‐Demand Oil/Water Separation: A Comprehensive Review

Y Yang, Z Guo, W Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since superwetting surfaces have emerged, on‐demand oil/water separation materials
serve as a new direction for meeting practical needs. This new separation mode uses a …

Recent progress in superhydrophilic carbon-based composite membranes for oil/water emulsion separation

J Gu, L Ji, P Xiao, C Zhang, J Li, L Yan… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The purification of stabilized oil/water emulsions is essential to meet the ever increasing
demand for monitoring water in the environment, which has been addressed with …

Underwater oleophobic-super hydrophilic strontium-MOF for efficient oil/water separation

A Raj, RM Rego, KV Ajeya, HY Jung, T Altalhi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oil spill clean-up from water bodies is a major challenge in recent years because of the
rise in pollution due to human activities. To tackle these environmental issues, we report the …

Bifunctional superwetting carbon nanotubes/cellulose composite membrane for solar desalination and oily seawater purification

R Zhu, D Wang, Y Liu, M Liu, S Fu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Simultaneous removal of oil and ions from complex oily seawater to produce fresh water
remains a serious challenge, and more effective and sustainable alternatives need to be …

Facile fabrication of natural superhydrophobic eleostearic acid-SiO2@ cotton fabric for efficient separation of oil/water mixtures and emulsions

H Lin, K Chen, S Zheng, R Zeng, Y Lin, R Jian… - Sustainable Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oily wastewater generated by industrial production and marine oil spill accidents has
caused great damage to the environment and human health. The development of …

Smart Janus membrane for on-demand separation of oil, bacteria, dye, and metal ions from complex wastewater

J Hu, L Gui, M Zhu, K Liu, Y Chen, X Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil spills and oily wastewater discharged from industries and households have resulted in
environmental and economic concerns. Therefore, emerging Janus membranes with …

Advancing strategies of biofouling control in water-treated polymeric membranes

H Zhang, S Zhu, J Yang, A Ma - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymeric membranes, such as polyamide thin film composite membranes, have gained
increasing popularity in wastewater treatment, seawater desalination, as well as the …

Coaxial electrospun nanofibrous aerogels for effective removal of oils and separation of water-in-oil emulsions

G Jiang, J Ge, Y Jia, X Ye, L Jin, J Zhang, Z Zhao… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superabsorbents, used in the removal of oils and organic solvents, play a extremely
important role in environmental protection. There is an urgent demand for environment …

A robust, scalable and adaptive wettability candle soot-modified fiber membrane for controllable oil–water mixtures/emulsion separation

S Feng, M Xu, Q Ma, C Leng, D Jia, L Wang… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Separation membranes with super-wettability are highly desirable for treating various
oil/water contaminants. However, common fiber membranes suffer from single selectivity …

Facile fabrication of 2D MOF-Based membrane with hierarchical structures for ultrafast Oil-Water separation

XT He, BY Li, JX Liu, WQ Tao, Z Li - Separation and Purification Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The surface chemical composition and building unit structures of membrane are the key
factors to realize highly-efficient oil–water separation. Here we report the synthesis of Cu …