Role of chemistry in bio-inspired liquid wettability

A Shome, A Das, A Borbora, M Dhar… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemistry and topography are the two distinct available tools for customizing different bio-
inspired liquid wettability including superhydrophobicity, superamphiphobicity, underwater …

Superoleophobic surfaces

J Yong, F Chen, Q Yang, J Huo, X Hou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Superoleophobicity is a phenomenon where the contact angles of various oil droplets with
low surface tension on a solid surface are larger than 150°. In the past few years, there has …

Pore wettability for enhanced oil recovery, contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation: A review

F Ding, M Gao - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired superwettability achieved by femtosecond lasers

J Yong, Q Yang, X Hou, F Chen - Ultrafast Science, 2022 - spj.science.org
Wettability is one of a solid surface's fundamental physical and chemical properties, which
involves a wide range of applications. Femtosecond laser microfabrication has many …

Mimicking nature to control bio-material surface wetting and adhesion

M Li, C Li, BRK Blackman… - International Materials …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Nature has developed unique strategies to refine and optimise structural performance.
Using surfaces designed at multiple length scales, from micro to nano levels, combined with …

Special oleophobic and hydrophilic surfaces: approaches, mechanisms, and applications

Y Wang, X Gong - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An oleophobic and hydrophilic surface is a surface that is more wettable to water than to oil.
In recent years, this novel surface has attracted significant attention since it is highly …

A review of smart superwetting surfaces based on shape‐memory micro/nanostructures

X Bai, X Gou, J Zhang, J Liang, L Yang, S Wang, X Hou… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired smart superwetting surfaces with special wettability have aroused great attention
from fundamental research to technological applications including self‐cleaning, oil–water …

Bioinspired design of underwater superaerophobic and superaerophilic surfaces by femtosecond laser ablation for anti-or capturing bubbles

J Yong, F Chen, Y Fang, J Huo, Q Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A micro-/nanoscale hierarchical rough structure inspired by the underwater
superaerophobicity of fish scales was fabricated by ablation of a silicon surface by a …

Metal mesh-based special wettability materials for oil-water separation: A review of the recent development

M Zhu, Y Liu, M Chen, Z Xu, L Li, Y Zhou - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Special wettability material is an important material for oily wastewater treatment. Among
various wettability materials, the metal mesh material showed great advantages, such as …

Operando oxygen vacancies for enhanced activity and stability toward nitrogen photofixation

T Hou, Y Xiao, P Cui, Y Huang, X Tan… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalysts with oxygen vacancies (OVs) have exhibited exciting activity in N2
photofixation due to their superiority in capture and activation of N2. However, the surface …