Natural and synthetic clays have been used as adsorbents for removal of heavy metals and
dyes from aqueous solution for many decades. In the last decade, exfoliating the natural …

Counterfeiting is a growing global issue causing severe negative impacts on the social
economy and posing serious security threats to individuals and communities. However, the …

Environment-responsive fluorescence materials are being widely investigated for instrument-
free determination of various environmental factors. However, developing an eco-friendly …

Janus materials with anisotropy shapes and chemical compositions, including Janus
particles, Janus nanosheets, and Janus membranes, have a great significance in the …

Surfaces with controllable liquid wettability and related functions have gained increasing
attention from interfacial scientists due to the high demand of fundamental research and …

Highly efficient electrical heaters along with excellent electromagnetic interference (EMI)
shielding properties are urgently required for the progress of miniaturization electronics …

A surface is said to be isotropic in wettability when the contact angles measured in all
direction are identical. On the contrary, once a surface shows distinct contact angles in …

This work presents the first fabrication of smart nonwoven fabric (DSR-CZPP) with
extraordinary reversible double-stimulus responsive wettability, where carboxyl groups of …

The development and manufacture of new materials that efficiently extract uranium from
seawater and can be easily separated remains a challenge. Inspired by the bubbles …

Abstract pH-responsive materials with switchable wettability provide a novel strategy for oil-
water separation applications. The thiol-ene click chemistry method was used to fabricate …