The worldwide request for clean water and renewable energy is growing rapidly due to the
rising population, changing ways of life, expanding economies, and increased utilization of …

In recent years, with the outbreak and epidemic of the novel coronavirus in the world, how to
obtain clean water from the limited resources has become an urgent issue of concern to all …

The expeditious advancement of solar-driven interfacial steam generation by utilizing
renewable and free solar energy is a promising strategy for remedying the water crisis …

Aggregation of amphiphilic polymers in block-selective solvents produces different
nanostructures, which have been studied extensively for wide-ranging applications …

Frequently occurring oil spill accidents have caused tremendous pollution of the ecological
environment. Although various oil–water separation strategies have been developed, the …

Hydrogels are promising soft materials for energy and environmental applications, including
sustainable and off-grid water purification and harvesting. A current impediment to …

We introduce a lattice framework that incorporates elements of Flory–Huggins solution
theory and the q-state Potts model to study the phase behavior of polymer solutions and …

The use of solar energy (natural) and synthetic solar absorber hydrogels (SAHs) for
purification of brackish water represent a challenge. Here in, this work reports the …

Electro-responsive metallopolymers can possess highly specific and tunable ion
interactions, and have been explored extensively as electrode materials for ion-selective …

Conducting polymers (CPs) play a vital role in imparting electrochemical and photothermal
properties to thermosensitive conducting hydrogels (TCH). The application of TCH is …