Sustainable Self-Cleaning Evaporators for Highly Efficient Solar Desalination Using a Highly Elastic Sponge-like Hydrogel.
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DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c08561
Abstract: Interfacial evaporation using light-absorbing hydrogels offers efficient solar evaporation performance under natural sunlight, ensuring an affordable clean water supply. However, achieving light-absorbing hydrogels with durable and efficient utilization is still a challenge due to inevitable… read more here.
Keywords: sponge like; evaporation; like hydrogel; efficient solar ... See more keywords
Fabrication of pocket-like hydrogel microstructures through photolithography.
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DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00865e
Abstract: Photolithographic fabrication of unique microstructures composed of flexible hydrogel sheets is proposed and demonstrated by using photo-acid-generating poly(methyl methacrylate). Crosslinking of a hydroxyl-rich polymer and lifting off of the crosslinked polymer layer from the substrate… read more here.
Keywords: like hydrogel; fabrication; pocket like; fabrication pocket ... See more keywords