Review on the processing and properties of polymer nanocomposites and nanocoatings and their applications in the packaging, automotive and solar energy fields

K Müller, E Bugnicourt, M Latorre, M Jorda… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
For the last decades, nanocomposites materials have been widely studied in the scientific
literature as they provide substantial properties enhancements, even at low nanoparticles …

Advanced sorbents for oil‐spill cleanup: recent advances and future perspectives

J Ge, HY Zhao, HW Zhu, J Huang, LA Shi… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Oil sorbents play a very important part in the remediation processes of oil spills. To enhance
the oil‐sorption properties and simplify the oil‐recovery process, various advanced oil …

Biomimetic super-lyophobic and super-lyophilic materials applied for oil/water separation: a new strategy beyond nature

B Wang, W Liang, Z Guo, W Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil spills and industrial organic pollutants have induced severe water pollution and
threatened every species in the ecological system. To deal with oily water, special wettability …

Toxicity and remediation of pharmaceuticals and pesticides using metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials

Z Fallah, EN Zare, M Ghomi, F Ahmadijokani, M Amini… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The worldwide development of agriculture and industry has resulted in contamination of
water bodies by pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other xenobiotics. Even at trace levels of …

Nanoscale phenomena in lithium-ion batteries

SK Jung, I Hwang, D Chang, KY Park, SJ Kim… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical properties and performances of lithium-ion batteries are primarily
governed by their constituent electrode materials, whose intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic …

Electrohydrodynamic jet printing: Introductory concepts and considerations

N Mkhize, H Bhaskaran - Small Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet printing is an emerging technique in the field of additive
manufacturing. Due to its versatility in the inks it can print, and most importantly, the printing …

Electrospun superhydrophobic organic/inorganic composite nanofibrous membranes for membrane distillation

X Li, X Yu, C Cheng, L Deng, M Wang… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electrospun superhydrophobic organic/inorganic composite nanofibrous membranes
exhibiting excellent direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) performance were …

A self-cleaning polybenzoxazine/TiO 2 surface with superhydrophobicity and superoleophilicity for oil/water separation

W Zhang, X Lu, Z Xin, C Zhou - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Two important properties—the low surface free energy of polybenzoxazine (PBZ) and the
photocatalysis-induced self-cleaning property of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles—are …

Hydrophobic cotton textile surfaces using an amphiphilic graphene oxide (GO) coating

ND Tissera, RN Wijesena, JR Perera… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
We report for the first time hydrophobic properties on cotton fabric successfully achieved by
grafting graphene oxide on the fabric surface, using a dyeing method. Graphite oxide …

Beads-on-string structured nanofibers for smart and reversible oil/water separation with outstanding antifouling property

Y Wang, C Lai, X Wang, Y Liu, H Hu… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
It is challenging to explore a unified solution for the treatment of oily wastewater from
complex sources. Thus, membrane materials with flexible separation schemes are highly …