Plant leaves inspired sunlight-driven purifier for high-efficiency clean water production

Graphene-Based Standalone Solar Energy Converter for Water Desalination and Purification

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Scalable and Highly Efficient Mesoporous Wood-Based Solar Steam Generation Device: Localized Heat, Rapid Water Transport

(2018) Tian Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Biomimetic Supramolecular Fibers Exhibit Water-Induced Supercontraction

(2018) Yuchao Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels

(2018) Fei Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

On the molecular origin of the cooperative coil-to-globule transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in water

(2018) L. Tavagnacco et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Thermo-responsive gels that absorb moisture and ooze water

(2018) Kazuya Matsumoto et al.   Nature Communications

A Microstructured Graphene/Poly(N -isopropylacrylamide) Membrane for Intelligent Solar Water Evaporation

(2018) Panpan Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Contactless steam generation and superheating under one sun illumination

(2018) Thomas A. Cooper et al.   Nature Communications

Size Fractionation of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets via Controlled Directional Freezing

(2017) Hongya Geng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stability, Molecular Sieving, and Ion Diffusion Selectivity of a Lamellar Membrane from Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide

(2017) Mengmeng Deng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Tunable sieving of ions using graphene oxide membranes

(2017) Jijo Abraham et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Direct Phase Equilibrium Simulations of NIPAM Oligomers in Water

(2016) Vitalie Boţan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Thermoresponsive Poly(Ionic Liquid)s in Aqueous Salt Solutions: Salting-Out Effect on Their Phase Behavior and Water Absorption/Desorption Properties

(2016) Akiyoshi Okafuji et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination

(2016) Lin Zhou et al.   Nature Photonics

Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

(2016) Xiuqiang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Floating Carbon Nanotube Membrane on Macroporous Silica Substrate for Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation

(2016) Yuchao Wang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Fluorescent Graphene Oxide via Polymer Grafting: An Efficient Nanocarrier for Both Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Drugs

(2015) Aniruddha Kundu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Injectable Hydrogels with In Situ Double Network Formation Enhance Retention of Transplanted Stem Cells

(2015) Lei Cai et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Water desalination by forward (direct) osmosis phenomenon: A comprehensive review

(2015) Muhammad Qasim et al.   DESALINATION

Selective Trans-Membrane Transport of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Cations through Graphene Oxide Membranes Based on Cation−π Interactions

(2014) Pengzhan Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Mechanically Robust, Electrically Conductive and Stimuli-Responsive Binary Network Hydrogels Enabled by Superelastic Graphene Aerogels

(2014) Ling Qiu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solar steam generation by heat localization

(2014) Hadi Ghasemi et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrathin Graphene Nanofiltration Membrane for Water Purification

(2013) Yi Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nano-structured smart hydrogels with rapid response and high elasticity

(2013) Lie-Wen Xia et al.   Nature Communications

Selective Ion Penetration of Graphene Oxide Membranes

(2012) Pengzhan Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Molecular Dynamics and Experimental Study of Conformation Change of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels in Mixtures of Water and Methanol

(2012) Jonathan Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Deswelling Mechanisms of Surface-Grafted Poly(NIPAAm) Brush: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach

(2012) Seung Geol Lee et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Stimuli-responsive polymer hydrogels as a new class of draw agent for forward osmosis desalination

(2011) Dan Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Thermo-Responsive Polymer Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

(2011) Mohammad Alaghemandi et al.   MACROMOLECULAR THEORY AND SIMULATIONS

General Avenue to Individually Dispersed Graphene Oxide-Based Two-Dimensional Molecular Brushes by Free Radical Polymerization

(2011) Lanyan Kan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE

Significance of thermodynamic and physical characteristics on permeation of ions during membrane separation: Hydrated radius, hydration free energy and viscous effects

(2011) Berrin Tansel   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Water evaporation from gel beads

(2010) Barbara Bellich et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

Silica-templated melamine–formaldehyde resin derived adsorbents for CO2 capture

(2008) C. Pevida et al.   CARBON

The transpiration of water at negative pressures in a synthetic tree

(2008) Tobias D. Wheeler et al.   NATURE

Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

(2008) F. Fornasiero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA