Frequent oceanic oil spill incidents and the discharge of industrial oily wastewaters have
caused serious threats to environments, food chains and human beings. Lignin wastes with …

Polyurethanes (PU) have drawn great attention due to their excellent mechanical properties
and self-healing and recyclable abilities. Lignin is a natural and renewable raw material in …

Superhydrophobic coating has a great application prospect in self‐cleaning and oil‐water
separation but remains challenging for large‐scale preparation of robust and weather …

Superwettability can affect the performance of oil separation from water during the treatment
of oily wastewater. Among various types of materials developed for cleaning oil pollution …

Frequent offshore oil leakage accidents and large quantities of oily-wastewater produced in
industry and daily life bring huge challenges to global water purification. The adaptability …

Owing to their versatility, fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have attracted significant
attention for applications in sensors, bioimaging, microfluidics, photodynamic therapy, drug …

Lignin is a sustainable biomass resource with abundant hydroxyl groups that holds great
promise for use as a feedstock for polyurethane foam production. Therefore, the flexible …

Dendritic fiber nanosilica (DFNS) possesses a unique porous structure, and its potential
application for adsorption and separation, particularly of heavy metals, should be explored …

The photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, especially tetracycline (TC), poses
challenges in precisely targeting and selectively breaking down specific hazardous …

Polyurethane foam (PUF) has been widely used in wastewater treatment, and developing
such foam with improved stability is highly desirable in industry. In this study, nanocomposite …