Strong Anchoring of Hydrogels through Superwetting-Assisted High-Density Interfacial Grafting

Strong adhesion of hydrogels on solids plays an important role in stable working for various practical applications. However, current hydrogel adhesion suffers from poor interfacial bonding with solid surfaces. Here, we propose a general superwetting-assisted interfacial polymerization (SAIP) strategy to robustly anchor hydrogels onto solids by forming high-density interfacial covalent bonds. The key of our strategy is to make the initiator fully contact solid surfaces via a superwetting way for enhancing the interfacial grafting efficiency. The designed anchored hydrogels show strong bulk failure with a high breaking strength of ≈1.37 MPa, different from weak interfacial failure that occurs in traditional strategies. The strong interfacial adhesion greatly enhances the stability of hydrogels against swelling destruction. This work opens up new inspirations for designing strongly anchored hydrogels from an interfacial chemistry perspective.     

A versatile coating approach to fabricate superwetting membranes for separation of water-in-oil emulsions

Separation of oil/water mixtures, especially for the emulsified oil/water mixtures, is important because of the frequent occurrence of oil spill accidents. Utilizing superwetting porous membrane has become a promising approach to separate either surfactant-free or surfactant-stabilized emulsions. Herein we report a facile and versatile strategy for preparing hydrophobic/under-oil superhydrophobic membranes by coating the skeletons of the membranes with the poly[(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)methylsiloxane] (PTFPMS) nanoparticles. The obtained membranes could be used to separate various waterin- oil emulsions with high flux and separation efficiency. In addition, owning to the outstanding resistance of PTFPMS to the most organic solvents or oils, the modified membranes exhibited the excellent reusability and the antifouling properties that were critical in the practical applications. Many commercially available membranes can be modified by such a simple method.     

高效集水仿生超浸润材料的研究进展

有效地收集空气中的雾气是缓解缺水危机的一种方法.近年来,可雾水收集的仿生超浸润材料受到了广泛的关注.通过进一步研究雾水收集过程中的液滴动态运输行为,为设计并构筑多功能仿生超浸润材料提供指导.本综述详细地总结了自然界典型的雾水收集现象,并对液滴在不同润湿性材料表面的动态运输行为进行了分类.从单一仿生到多重仿生出发,系统介...