Oil-Water Separation: A Gift from the Desert

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

(2015) Ben Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

pH-Controllable On-Demand Oil/Water Separation on the Switchable Superhydrophobic/Superhydrophilic and Underwater Low-Adhesive Superoleophobic Copper Mesh Film

(2015) Zhongjun Cheng et al.   LANGMUIR

Femtosecond laser controlled wettability of solid surfaces

(2015) Jiale Yong et al.   Soft Matter

Underwater superoleophobic porous membrane based on hierarchical TiO2 nanotubes: multifunctional integration of oil–water separation, flow-through photocatalysis and self-cleaning

(2015) Lin Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Anti-corrosive hierarchical structured copper mesh film with superhydrophilicity and underwater low adhesive superoleophobicity for highly efficient oil–water separation

(2015) Enshuang Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photoinduced switchable underwater superoleophobicity–superoleophilicity on laser modified titanium surfaces

(2015) Jiale Yong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Underwater superoleophobic palygorskite coated meshes for efficient oil/water separation

(2015) Jian Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Bioinspired transparent underwater superoleophobic and anti-oil surfaces

(2015) Jiale Yong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanosheets from Bulk Graphite using Microwave Irradiation

(2014) Kwang Hoon Lee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Superhydrophilic and Underwater Superoleophobic Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate)-Grafted Glass Fiber Filters for Oil–Water Separation

(2014) Qingsheng Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Photoinduced Superwetting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube/TiO2 Ultrathin Network Films for Ultrafast Separation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions

(2014) Shou Jian Gao et al.   ACS Nano

Superamphiphobic surfaces

(2014) Zonglin Chu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A pH-responsive smart surface for the continuous separation of oil/water/oil ternary mixtures

(2014) Guannan Ju et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Bioinspired underwater superoleophobic surface with ultralow oil-adhesion achieved by femtosecond laser microfabrication

(2014) Jiale Yong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Reversible Underwater Lossless Oil Droplet Transportation

(2014) Jiale Yong et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Underwater Superoleophilic to Superoleophobic Wetting Control on the Nanostructured Copper Substrates

(2013) Zhongjun Cheng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic PVDF Membranes for Effective Separation of Water-in-Oil Emulsions with High Flux

(2013) Wenbin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dual-Scaled Porous Nitrocellulose Membranes with Underwater Superoleophobicity for Highly Efficient Oil/Water Separation

(2013) Xuefei Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nanowire-Haired Inorganic Membranes with Superhydrophilicity and Underwater Ultralow Adhesive Superoleophobicity for High-Efficiency Oil/Water Separation

(2013) Feng Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

pH-responsive bidirectional oil–water separation material

(2013) Ben Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Photoinduced Underwater Superoleophobicity of TiO2 Thin Films

(2013) Yusuke Sawai et al.   LANGMUIR

A self-cleaning underwater superoleophobic mesh for oil-water separation

(2013) Lianbin Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnetically directed clean-up of underwater oil spills through a functionally integrated device

(2013) Mengjiao Cheng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Special wettable materials for oil/water separation

(2013) Zhongxin Xue et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic Boron Nitride Nanotube-Coated Stainless Steel Meshes for Oil and Water Separation

(2013) Yuanlie Yu et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Recent developments in polymeric superoleophobic surfaces

(2012) Zhongxin Xue et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Ultraviolet-Durable Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide-Coated Mesh Films for Surface and Underwater–Oil Capture and Transportation

(2012) Chih-Feng Wang et al.   LANGMUIR

Zeolite-coated mesh film for efficient oil–water separation

(2012) Qiang Wen et al.   Chemical Science

A Novel Superhydrophilic and Underwater Superoleophobic Hydrogel-Coated Mesh for Oil/Water Separation

(2011) Zhongxin Xue et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Metal pumps liquid uphill

(2009) A. Y. Vorobyev et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bioinspired Design of a Superoleophobic and Low Adhesive Water/Solid Interface

(2008) Mingjie Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS