Life and death of liquid-infused surfaces: a review on the choice, analysis and fate of the infused liquid layer

S Peppou-Chapman, JK Hong, A Waterhouse… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-infused surfaces (or lubricant-infused surfaces)(LIS) are a new class of functional
materials introduced in 2011. Their exceptional properties have earned them a place at the …

What are the design principles, from the choice of lubricants and structures to the preparation method, for a stable slippery lubricant-infused porous surface?

X Chen, G Wen, Z Guo - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite decades of research, superhydrophobic surfaces still rely on a stable air layer that is
plagued with problems, such as poor pressure stability, the inability to self-heal, and the …

Iron-loaded carbon black prepared via chemical vapor deposition as an efficient peroxydisulfate activator for the removal of rhodamine B from water

HR Ahmed, KHH Aziz, NNM Agha, FS Mustafa… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive use of organic pollutants like organic dyes, which enter the water
environment, has led to a significant environmental problem. Finding an efficient method to …

Strategies for anti-icing: low surface energy or liquid-infused?

B Liu, K Zhang, C Tao, Y Zhao, X Li, K Zhu, X Yuan - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Anti-icing is of great importance in society since icing on facility surfaces may bring about
serious disasters and economical losses in fields such as aerospace, transportation and …

Rhombohedron and plate-like hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles: synthesis, structure, morphology, magnetic properties and potential biomedical applications for MRI

M Tadic, L Kopanja, M Panjan, J Lazovic… - Materials Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hematite nanorhombohedrons and nanoplates have been prepared through a hydrothermal
synthesis process. The nanoplates possess width of 100 nm and thickness of 30 nm …

Mechanistic Insights into the Phase Formation of an Atypical Iron Oxynitride (FexOyNz) System and Its Multifunctional Photocatalytic Applications

MP Ravikumar, TA Quach, B Urupalli… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Apart from metal oxides, materials with different anionic setups such as metal chalcogenides
and metal oxyhalides have been largely explored for photocatalytic applications. In this …

Food-safe modification of stainless steel food-processing surfaces to reduce bacterial biofilms

TS Awad, D Asker, BD Hatton - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biofilm formation on stainless steel (SS) surfaces of food-processing plants, leading to food-
borne illness outbreaks, is enabled by the attachment and confinement of pathogens within …

Sol–gel combustion synthesis, particle shape analysis and magnetic properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles embedded in an amorphous silica matrix

L Kopanja, I Milosevic, M Panjan, V Damnjanovic… - Applied Surface …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis and magnetic properties of hematite/amorphous silica
nanostructures. Raman spectroscopy showed the formation of a hematite phase. A …

Effect of zinc doping on the structure and optical properties of iron oxide nanostructured films prepared by spray pyrolysis technique

A Badawi, MG Althobaiti, SS Alharthi, AN Alharbi… - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
In the current work, the effect of zinc doping on the structural and optical properties of iron
oxide has been explored for optoelectronic applications. Undoped and different (2–10 wt%) …

Bio-inspired fog harvesting materials: basic research and bionic potential applications

K Wan, X Gou, Z Guo - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2021 - Springer
With the explosive growth of the world's population and the rapid increase in industrial water
consumption, the world's water supply has fallen into crisis. The shortage of fresh water …