Abstract Development of novel superhydrophobic adsorbents to remove oil spills that
threaten aquatic ecosystems is necessary. To realize smart superhydrophobic starch-based …

Low-cost and eco-friendly carbohydrate-based absorbents have attracted great attention for
cleaning oil spill that poses a serious threat to the ecosystem. Porous starch-based materials …

Superhydrophobic/oleophilic adsorbents have attracted considerable attention for removing
oil spill that poses a serious threat to the aquatic ecosystem. Porous starch–based materials …

Superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic material has become ideal material for oily
wastewater treatment due to its selectable wettability and anti-oil ability, but its large-scale …

Smart materials with controllable wettability have become one of the current research
hotspots. Among them, the pH-responsive superwetting material is considered an ideal …

Smart superhydrophobic sorbents are in high demand for cleaning oil spills that could
endanger the aquatic ecosystem. Herein, we demonstrated the fabrication of a …

SiOC is an ideal anode material for Li-ion batteries due to its high specific capacity and low
volume fluctuation. However, the large-scale preparation of SiOC still faces challenges such …

As one of natural nano-clay material, sepiolite is easy to modify to obtain low surface energy,
which has great potential in the field of superhydrophobicity application. A novel …

Featured Application The L-FDM technique enables the direct introduction of chemicals,
dyes, radioactive substances, pesticides, antibiotics, nanoparticles, trace elements …

Hollow silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) ceramic microspheres were synthesized through
solvothermal process of vinyltriethoxysilane in NaOH solution with subsequent pyrolysis at …