Advanced electrospun nanofibrous materials for efficient oil/water separation

Y Su, T Fan, W Cui, Y Li, S Ramakrishna… - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
The frequent occurrence of crude oil leakage accidents and the massive discharge of
industrial oily wastewater not only caused huge damage and pollution to the ecosystem but …

Liquid-solid contact electrification through the lens of surface and interface science

Z Chen, Y Lu, R Li, D Li, B Xiang, J Li, Q Liu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are cutting-edge technology that converts mechanical
energy into electrical energy through contact electrification (CE). The CE process involves …

A multifunctional and environmentally safe superhydrophobic membrane with superior oil/water separation, photocatalytic degradation and anti-biofouling …

Z Yin, F Yuan, M Xue, Y Xue, Y Xie, J Ou, Y Luo… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater is typically complicated with spilled oil, water soluble toxic dyes and
microorganisms, making it hard to be processed and causing a significant threat to the …

Advances in CO2-switchable surfactants towards the fabrication and application of responsive colloids

S Dowlati, R Mokhtari, L Hohl, R Miller… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2-switchable surfactants have selective surface-activity, which can be activated or
deactivated either by adding or removing CO 2 from the solution. This feature enables us to …

Engineering hybrid microgels as particulate emulsifiers for reversible Pickering emulsions

H Jiang, S Zhang, G Sun, Y Li, X Guan, C Yang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermo-responsive microgels are unique stabilizers for stimuli-sensitive Pickering
emulsions that can be switched between the state of emulsification and demulsification by …

Novel magnetic catalysts for organic pollutant degradation via contact electro-catalysis

Z Chen, Y Lu, X Liu, J Li, Q Liu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) has been proposed as an efficient mechanism for
organic pollutant degradation. However, the effects of chemical and physical properties of …

Super‐Macroporous Lightweight Materials Templated from Bicontinuous Intra‐Phase Jammed Emulsion Gels Based on Nanochitin

Y Lu, M Kamkar, S Guo, X Niu, Z Wan, J Xu, X Su… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐equilibrium multiphase systems are formed by mixing two immiscible nanoparticle
dispersions, leading to bicontinuous emulsions that template cryogels with interconnected …

Oil-water receiving membrane with sub-10 nm surfactant layer for long-lasting oil-water separation

Y Ding, N Qiu, J Wang, Z Yang, F Liu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oil fouling is an inherent threaten of membrane-based separation of oil-water emulsion,
while common physical sieving membrane separation and coalescence demulsification fail …

Redox-responsive microemulsion: Fabrication and application to curcumin encapsulation

Y Zhang, M Mu, Y Zhou, H Xie, S Zhao - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Stimulus-responsive microemulsions have aroused significant attention because
of their versatile and reversible switchability between stable and unstable states. However …

Heavy oil separation and recovery by the self-assembly of polymers and silica particles in hypersaline water

H Ma, S Xia, F Yu, C Sun, A Cameron, W Zheng… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emulsification and separation are of great significance in oil recovery. Herein, we report a
synergic system of polymers and silica particles, which can achieve the emulsification and …