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Predicting droplet detachment force: Young-Dupré Model Fails, Young-Laplace Model Prevails

Communications Physics
Liquid droplets hanging from solid surfaces are commonplace, but their physics is complex. Examples include dew or raindrops hanging onto wires or droplets accumulating onto a cover placed over warm food or windshields.
Muhammad Subkhi Sadullah, Yinfeng Xu, Sankara Arunachalam, Himanshu Mishra   +3 more
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Selective Lithium Recovery via Photothermal Evaporation and Hydration‐Controlled Adsorption

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A bilayer Mo‐LDH@Sponge composite is developed to couple interfacial photothermal evaporation with hydration‐controlled lithium adsorption. Solar‐induced heating dynamically regulates Li+ hydration and transport, enabling selective lithium capture from saline water. This work provides mechanistic insight into photothermal–adsorption coupling for energy‐
Yanan Pan, Yue Zhang, Guoliang Liu, Weiquan Zhan, Wencai Zhang   +4 more
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Multimodal AI‐Driven Identification of Dehydrocostus Lactone as a Potent Renal Fibrosis Attenuator Targeting IQGAP1

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Renal fibrosis, a hallmark of CKD, lacks effective treatments. Herein, we developed a multimodal AI model (TCM‐SPred) to identify anti‐fibrotic agents and found that dehydrocostus lactone (DCL) targets IQGAP1 to inhibit Wnt signaling, blocking the interaction between IQGAP1 and CCT3, demonstrating potent anti‐fibrotic activity in vitro and in vivo ...
Weijiang Lin, Wenzhuo Xu, Kang Liu, Ping Wang, Zhenzhen Zhu, Wenyu Lu, Zhe Zheng, Xiaoqian Peng, Xunkai Yin, Shulan Mei, An Pan, Jian Liu, Lihong Hu   +12 more
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3D‐Printed Architected Anisotropic Channels for Ultrafast Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation via Localized Thermal Management and Water Layer Structuring

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printed anisotropic channel evaporator integrates directional geometry with aligned titanium oxide, boron nitride, and chitosan networks to coordinate photon absorption, heat localization, and water transport. Phonon‐guided thermal pathways and interfacial water structuring enable ultrahigh evaporation rates and long‐term salt‐resistant solar ...
Sijia Sun, Dong Jiang, Hengsong Zheng, Shuai Zhang, Ziyuan Cheng, Changtong Mei, Dan Tian, Shilong Yang, Yusuke Yamauchi, Mingzhu Pan   +9 more
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Reduced‐Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes Intercalated by Conjugated Polyaromatics: Towards High Monovalent Salt Rejections

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We demonstrate the fabrication of a series of reduced‐GO nanofiltration membranes containing intercalated polyaromatic conjugated molecules of different structural classes. These tuned‐nanochannel membranes perform “deep nanofiltration” with remarkably high monovalent salt rejections and near‐total divalent salt rejections in a large concentration ...
Muskan Sonker, Sankar Nair
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Reconstructed Polyamide Nanolayers via Two‐Stage Interfacial Polymerization Engineering for Precise Ion Sieving

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A reconstructed polyamide nanofiltration membrane is engineered via a two‐stage interfacial polymerization strategy for lithium extraction from complex brines. Incorporated bidentate quaternary ammonium monomers enable synergistic steric and electrostatic effects within sub‐nanometer channels, achieving 60‐fold lithium enrichment and demonstrating ...
Shuzhen Zhao, Liheng Dai, Feidong Yang, Bowen Li, Pengfei Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Mengyang Hu, Kecheng Guan, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama   +9 more
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Heterogeneity‐Guided Interlayer Tuning in Vermiculite‐MOF Membranes for Efficient Li+/Mg2+ Separation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Heterogeneity‐guided interlayer engineering is achieved by integrating porous MOF nanosheets into a 2D vermiculite laminate, reprogramming ion transport pathways. The resulting hybrid membranes combine sub‐nanoconfinement and charge heterogeneity, enabling accelerated Li+ transport and reinforced Mg2+ exclusion.
Liheng Dai, Kecheng Guan, Mengyang Hu, Erda Deng, Pengfei Zhang, Zhan Li, Yongxuan Shi, Xiao Xu, Xueru Yan, Hideto Matsuyama   +9 more
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Experimental & modeling studies on novel scraped surface falling film crystallizer for freeze desalination

Desalination and Water Treatment
Freeze Desalination (FD) is a low-temperature thermal desalination technique that utilizes the freezing process to form and harvest ice crystals from saline water for production of fresh water.
Mayank Soni, Saurabh, A. Raha, A.Shriniwas Rao, A.K. Adak   +4 more
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Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Quantifying Membrane Fouling: Fouling Layer Structure and Chemical Interaction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Nano SIMS) is established as a powerful analytical tool to visualize and quantify the membrane fouling layers. ABSTRACT Membrane technology has garnered considerable attention for applications in wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Nevertheless, membrane fouling remains a major barrier, yet the lack of
Mengfei Wu, Xinhua Wang, Pin Zhao, Weilong Song, Ming Xie   +4 more
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Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistage solar photovoltaic membrane distillation

Nature Communications, 2019
The increasing demand for energy and clean water has become a grand global challenge. Here the authors develop a membrane-distillation device that exploits sunlight and the heat dissipated by an integrated solar cell unit, enabling simultaneous efficient
Wenbin Wang, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, Seunghyun Hong, Le Shi, Jian Chang, Renyuan Li, Yong Jin, Chisiang Ong, Sifei Zhuo, Peng Wang   +10 more
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