Abstract Bacterial adhesion and colonization can result in chronic non‐healing wounds. Current hydrophilic wound dressings release antibacterial agents into the exudate, but may overhydrated wounds, bacterial overgrowth, even tissue maceration. Hydrophobic are anti‐fouling, though ineffective to encapsulate bactericidal agents. Combining advantages of hydrophobic seems difficult, until development superwettability surfaces offers an opportunity for omniphobic from intrinsic polymers. Herein,...

Phase change materials (PCMs) are increasingly capturing the spotlight in realm of building design and construction owing to their capacity absorb release thermal energy throughout phase transitions. This review provides a comprehensive overview PCMs, outlining properties applications improving efficiency, comfort, sustainability buildings. It delves into various types discussing selection criteria, integration methods, impact on indoor climate consumption. The exploration covers both...

Abstract Liquid marbles allow for quantities of various liquids to be encapsulated by hydrophobic particles, thus ensuring isolation from the external environment. The unique properties provided this soft solid has allowed use in a wide array different applications. do however have certain drawbacks, with lifetime and robustness often being limited. Within review, particle characteristics that impact liquid marble stability are critically discussed, addition other factors, such as internal...

Abstract Earth's temperature has risen by ≈0.18 °C per decade since 1981 and year 2022 is the sixth‐warmest on record. The exploration of cooling strategies that operate with less energy consumption thus highly desirable. Through this project, a camel‐fur‐inspired passive membrane encapsulated sorbent cooler can periodically absorb moisture from atmosphere release it for daytime evaporative cooling, leading to effective regulation building without additional input demonstrated. This high...

Abstract Studying the stability of Pickering emulsion is great interest for applications including catalysis, oil recovery, and cosmetics. Conventional methods emphasize overall behavior bulk emulsions neglect influence particle adsorbing dynamics, leading to discrepancies in predicting shelf‐life emulsion–based products. By employing a microfluidic method, adsorption controlled consequently examined. This approach enables us elucidate relationship between dynamics on droplet‐level...

The removal of microplastics (MPs) from water using oil has shown early promise; however, incorporation this technique into a feasible in situ method yet to be developed. Here, simple effective MP capture vegetable with bubbles is demonstrated achieve high efficiencies > 98%. Comparisons are made other methods agitation, and higher observed when used. Due the low agitation provided by bubbles, layer remains unbroken, meaning that no released bulk phase. In way, secondary contamination...

Abstract Scale formation is a longstanding and unresolved problem in number of fields, including power production, petroleum exploration, thermal desalination, construction. Herein, high‐temperature scale‐resistant slippery lubricant‐induced surface (HTS‐SLIPS) developed by one‐step electrodeposition lubricant infusion. The fractal cauliflower‐like morphology with oil conducive to forming an ultralow contact angle hysteresis ≈1°. 10‐d real‐world boiling trial indicates that replacing the...

Development of iron fortifiers in diets is essential for decrease deficiency. The ferrous fumarate loaded microstructured gel beads restrained its unpleasant odor and decreased the iron-promoted lipid oxidation food matrix.

Passive Air Cooling In article number 2303470, Steven Wang and co-workers demonstrated a camel-fur-inspired passive membrane encapsulated sorbent cooler that can periodically absorb moisture from the atmosphere release it for daytime evaporative cooling, leading to effective regulation of building temperature without additional energy input. evaporative-cooling demonstration, average cooling power reach up 630 W m−2, which is much higher than radiative approach.

Dynamic wetting in confined spaces is pivotal for the functional efficiency of biological organisms and offers significant potential optimizing microdevices. The fluids encountered such scenarios often exhibit shear-thinning behavior, which gives rise to complex interfacial phenomena. Here, we present an intriguing phenomenon capillary spaces. employed fluids, carboxymethyl cellulose aqueous solutions with mass fractions 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 wt %, intermediate state between ideal viscoelastic...

Nano and microplastics removal from water using oil has shown early promise, however, incorporation of this technique into a feasible in-situ method yet to be developed. Here, simple effective microplastic capture vegetable with bubbles is demonstrated achieve high efficiencies, > 99 %. It been compared other manual methods utilising oil, as well agitation, showing higher efficiencies. As uses theoretical framework traditional mineral froth floatation, the results showed there was strong...

Abstract Ultraviolet‐curable polyurethane acrylate (PUA) materials can be used in a number of important applications spanning from microfluidics, surface patterning to wearable technology. For the first time, potential encapsulation modified zirconia (ZrO 2 ) nanoparticles is reported PUA‐based hybrid films aimed facilitate profoundly enhanced hardness and refractive index. By successfully manipulating interfacial reaction conditions between ZrO PUA film, nanocomposites exhibit an ultrahigh...

Scale Formation formation is a longstanding and unresolved problem in number of areas. In article 2203615, Steven Wang co-workers present nature-inspired high-temperature scale-resistant slippery lubricant-induced surface (HTS-SLIPS) showing excellent scale resistance under extreme conditions. It anticipated that the simple scalable coating fabrication approach will be applicable numerous industrial processes where encountered.

Bulk armorphous Mg65Cu25Gd10 alloy of 12mm rods were prepared by water quenching the molten in stainless steel tube. Neither cavities nor voids are seen over whole range and no contrast revealing a crystalline phase is transverse cross section. The glass transition temperature (Tg), crystallization (Tx), melting (Tm) liquidus (Tl) measured to be 419K, 492K, 702K, 735K, respectively, for with diameter 12mm. These temperatures similar those 8mm produced metallic mould casting. Both alloys have...