Fog harvesting devices inspired from single to multiple creatures: current progress and future perspective

Z Yu, T Zhu, J Zhang, M Ge, S Fu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing demand for clean water driven by the rapid growth of the population and the
pollution of water necessitates the development of direct and rapid water harvesting …

Development and advantages of biodegradable PHA polymers based on electrospun PHBV fibers for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

Ł Kaniuk, U Stachewicz - ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable polymeric biomaterials offer a significant advantage in disposable or fast-
consuming products in medical applications. Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) …

Progress in preparing electrospun Janus fibers and their applications

ML Wang, DG Yu, SWA Bligh - Applied Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite being an important technology, side-by-side electrospinning has received less
attention than uniaxial and coaxial electrospinning. Janus fibers prepared by …

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 …

Electrospun nanofibers as chemosensors for detecting environmental pollutants: A review

Y Du, DG Yu, T Yi - Chemosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electrospun nanofibers have shown their advantages for applications in a wide variety of
scientific fields thanks to their unique properties. Meanwhile, electrospinning is closely …

Recent progress in cellulose-based electrospun nanofibers as multifunctional materials

Y Zhang, C Zhang, Y Wang - Nanoscale advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer, has good biocompatibility, biodegradability,
and non-toxicity, which make it and its derivatives promising candidates for the fabrication of …

Nature-inspired surface engineering for efficient atmospheric water harvesting

Z Li, L Tang, H Wang, SC Singh, X Wei… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric water harvesting is a sustainable solution to global water shortage, which
requires high efficiency, high durability, low cost, and environmentally friendly water …

Preparation of Janus film for fog water collection via layer-by-layer assembling of nanocellulose and nanochitin on PLA

Z Shi, L Liu, H Chen, C Tang, J Yu, Y Fan - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to explore the possibility of natural carbohydrate polymers as a biodegradable and
sustainable fog water harvesting material, this work proposed an efficient substrate …

[HTML][HTML] Solution blow co-spinning of cellulose acetate with poly (ethylene oxide). Structure, morphology, and properties of nanofibers

A Kramar, T Luxbacher, J González-Benito - Carbohydrate polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose acetate (CA) nanofibers are prepared using solution blow co-spinning (SBS) with
poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO). The pure CA membranes are obtained by washing water …

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 …