Industrial developments in the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food sector
have contributed to the large production of oily wastewater worldwide. Oily wastewater …

Rapid progress in micro-and nanotechnologies such as lab-on-a-chip (microfluidic
networks, sensors, actuators, and connectors), soft lithography (replica moulding …

Magnetic porous materials have been of interest for oil-water separation due to their efficient
ease of separation. This work presented a facile approach for preparing a magnetic …

With development of industrial activities, a lot of oil pollution is released to water
environment. As such, superhydrophobic oil adsorption materials with reusability are …

Superhydrophobic surfaces are imperative in flexible polymer foams for diverse
applications; however, traditional surface coatings on soft skeletons are often fragile and can …

Developing porous sponge materials with good mechanical robustness, surface super-
hydrophobicity and excellent flame retardancy is strongly needed for various applications …

Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensor with high sensitivity over a broad linearity range
have been attracting tremendous attention for its applications in health monitoring, artificial …

Oily wastewater from shipping waste and marine accidents have seriously polluted the
marine environment and brought great harm to human production and health. With the …

Lightweight polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) foam materials with outstanding mechanical
flexibility and high-temperature stability as well as excellent flame resistance are attractive …

Quantitative information on the magnitudes and directions of multiple contacting forces is
crucial for a wide range of applications including human–robot interaction, prosthetics, and …