Ferric tannate photothermal material for efficient water distillation

Ferric tannate is used as a photothermal material and integrated with a polymer membrane by atomic layer deposition for solar water distillation.

Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs): a perfect solution to both marine fouling and corrosion?

Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces, emerging bio-inspired surfaces which have attracted widespread research interest over the past few years, have great potential in both corrosion protection and biofouling prevention.

Recent progress in molecular engineering to tailor organic–inorganic interfaces in composite membranes

Recent advances in molecular engineering of organic–inorganic composite membranes are presented.

Mussel-Inspired Surface Engineering for Water-Remediation Materials

Water Treatment: Porphyrin Covalent Organic Framework (POF)-Based Interface Engineering for Solar Steam Generation (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 11/2019)

Nanofilms directly formed on macro-porous substrates for molecular and ionic sieving

An interfacial strategy is developed to fabricate and composite sub-15 nm nanofilms directly on macro-porous substrates for molecular and ionic sieving.

Membranes: Dopamine: Just the Right Medicine for Membranes (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2018)

Janus Membrane: Janus Membranes: Creating Asymmetry for Energy Efficiency (Adv. Mater. 43/2018)

Atomic layer deposition for membrane interface engineering

Atomic layer deposition represents a burgeoning and appealing technique for membrane interface engineering.

Dopamine: Just the Right Medicine for Membranes

Co-deposition Kinetics of Polydopamine/Polyethyleneimine Coatings: Effects of Solution Composition and Substrate Surface

Janus Membranes: Creating Asymmetry for Energy Efficiency

Crude-Oil-Repellent Membranes by Atomic Layer Deposition: Oxide Interface Engineering

Iono-Elastomer-Based Wearable Strain Sensor with Real-Time Thermomechanical Dual Response

Janus hollow fiber membrane with a mussel-inspired coating on the lumen surface for direct contact membrane distillation

Janus Membranes: Exploring Duality for Advanced Separation

Surface and interface engineering for organic–inorganic composite membranes

This review provides a comprehensive understanding of the surfaces and interfaces in fabrication, regulation and applications of organic–inorganic composite membranes.

Effects of polyethyleneimine molecular weight and proportion on the membrane hydrophilization by codepositing with dopamine

Highly Stable, Protein-Resistant Surfaces via the Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) and Tannic Acid

Polydopamine as a Catalyst for Thiol Coupling

Underwater superoleophobic coatings fabricated from tannic acid-decorated carbon nanotubes

Tannic acid-decorated MWCNTs are fabricated into an underwater superoleophobic coating via vacuum filtration.

Polydopamine-assisted deposition of heparin for selective adsorption of low-density lipoprotein

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the main carrier of blood cholesterol, with elevated levels of LDL increasing the risk of atherosclerosis.

Polymer membrane with a mineral coating for enhanced curling resistance and surface wettability

A zirconia-wrapped membrane with excellent curling resistance and surface wettability was fabricated via a biomineralization process.

Surface engineering of polymer membranes via mussel-inspired chemistry

Mussel-Inspired Modification of Honeycomb Structured Films for Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Tunable Water Adhesion

Composite free-standing films of polydopamine/polyethyleneimine grown at the air/water interface

A polydopamie/polyethyleneimine composite free-standing film is obtained via a facile oxidation and cross-linking process at the air/solution interface.

Silica-Decorated Polypropylene Microfiltration Membranes with a Mussel-Inspired Intermediate Layer for Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation

PREPARATION OF POROUS POLYACRYLONITRILE ULTRATHIN FIBERS BY ELECTROSPINNING WITH NONSOLVENT INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION

Polydopamine gradients by oxygen diffusion controlled autoxidation