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{"title":"Emerging transparent conductive superhydrophobic surfaces","authors":"Yongshen Zhou ,&nbsp;Ke Pei ,&nbsp;Zhiguang Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103443","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103443","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transparent conductive superhydrophobic surfaces (TCSHSs) represent a novel class of multifunctional materials that concurrently exhibit high transparency, excellent electrical conductivity, and robust superhydrophobicity. These three desirable properties are synergistically combined to provide a wide variety of advantages for various optoelectronic applications with water-repelling capabilities, including solar cells, smart windows, touch screens, and automobile windshields, all of which benefit from self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-fouling, and anti-corrosion properties. This review aims to provide an overview of recent advancements in the field of TCSHSs. It begins by revisiting the fundamental principles governing superhydrophobic behavior and delving into the underlying mechanisms of various wetting phenomena. The review also highlights the intricate balance among transparency, conductivity, and superhydrophobicity, along with the associated physical principles. Furthermore, it introduces emerging TCSHSs in terms of material types, preparation methods, evaluation criteria, and cutting-edge applications. Finally, it summarizes the critical challenges and promising future prospects for TCSHSs, which will facilitate further development in this field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"340 ","pages":"Article 103443"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143452777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent advances in the photothermocatalytic oxidation of formaldehyde in air","authors":"Kumar Vikrant ,&nbsp;Ki-Hyun Kim ,&nbsp;Eilhann E. Kwon","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103446","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103446","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A synergistic combination of photocatalysis and thermocatalysis (photothermocatalysis) has been realized to harness the full solar spectrum with a particular focus on the infrared region to support sustainable oxidation reactions of carcinogenic oxygenated volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde (FA). Here, recent advances in the oxidative removal of FA in air have been reviewed systematically. First, the fundamentals of the photothermocatalytic mechanism are introduced and discussed. Second, various aspects of the development and application of photothermocatalytic systems are described and reviewed. A specific focus is placed on the physicochemical characteristics of photothermocatalysts with respect to reaction conditions and oxidation performance using FA as a model compound. Third, the pathways and mechanisms of FA oxidation are elaborated and discussed in detail to provide insights into associated surface phenomena and surface chemistry at the molecular level. Finally, current shortcomings and future research directions are identified and discussed to help expand this research field further into the practical realm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"340 ","pages":"Article 103446"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143465177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent advances in tannic acid-based gels: Design, properties, and applications","authors":"Zuwu Tang ,&nbsp;Ilnaz Fargul Chowdhury ,&nbsp;Jinbei Yang ,&nbsp;Shi Li ,&nbsp;Ajoy Kanti Mondal ,&nbsp;Hui Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103425","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the flourishing of mussel-inspired chemistry, the fast-growing development for environmentally friendly materials, and the need for inexpensive and biocompatible analogues to PDA in gel design, TA has led to its gradual emergence as a research focus due to its remarkable biocompatible, renewable, sustainable and particular physicochemical properties. As a natural building block, TA can be used as a substrate or crosslinker, ensuring versatile functional polymeric networks for various applications. In this review, the design of TA-based gels is summarized in detail (<em>i.e.</em>, different interactions such as: metal coordination, electrostatic, hydrophobic, host–guest, cation-π and π-π stacking interactions, hydrogen bonding and various reactions including: phenol–amine Michael and Schiff base, phenol–thiol Michael addition, phenol–epoxy ring opening reaction, etc.). Subsequently, TA-based gels with a variety of functionalities, including mechanical, adhesion, conductive, self-healing, UV-shielding, anti-swelling, anti-freezing, shape memory, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and responsive properties are introduced in detail. Then, a summary of recent developments in the use of TA-based gels is provided, including bioelectronics, biomedicine, energy, packaging, water treatment and other fields. Finally, the difficulties that TA-based gels are currently facing are outlined, and an original yet realistic viewpoint is provided in an effort to spur future development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"339 ","pages":"Article 103425"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143427573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biopolymers to composite adsorbents for sulfate removal: From conventional to sustainable systems","authors":"Bernd G.K. Steiger,&nbsp;Mostafa Solgi,&nbsp;Lee D. Wilson","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103440","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103440","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing elevated water salinity is a global water security issue listed among the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). Sulfate is a contributor to water salinity due to its high solubility and is a pollutant of increasing global concern. While various water treatment technologies are currently available, the high capital infrastructure and operational costs of such advanced methods have sustainability limits for their widespread adoption. By contrast, adsorption science and technology offers facile treatment and a sustainable mitigation strategy for the removal of oxyanions such as sulfate. A key challenge in adsorption science and technology relates to the molecular selective uptake of sulfate. This has catalysed significant effort towards achieving improved adsorption properties and the development of sustainable adsorbent technology. This review provides coverage of recent literature on synthetic adsorbents to current research on biosorbents that contain chitosan due to its multifunctional colloid and interface properties. The shift from conventional synthesis to green synthetic strategies are highlighted by the preparation of advanced biocomposite materials with unique sulfate adsorption properties. Diverse types of materials from inorganic minerals to polymer-based adsorbents (e.g., polycaprolactones, waste-based materials from fly ash, etc.) is described to highlight their sulfate adsorption properties. Specifically, chitosan and agricultural biomass waste in the form of lignocellulose materials are abundant and promising renewable platforms for the preparation of sulfate adsorbents. In particular, the adsorption properties of chitosan biocomposites are highlighted by its efficacy for adsorption-based remediation of sulfate oxyanions that reveal its promising utility as sulfate adsorbents with unique colloidal and interface properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"340 ","pages":"Article 103440"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent advancements on 2D nanomaterials as emerging paradigm for the adsorptive removal of microcontaminants","authors":"Nidhi Sikri ,&nbsp;Bunushree Behera ,&nbsp;Akshay Kumar ,&nbsp;Vanish Kumar ,&nbsp;O.P. Pandey ,&nbsp;Jyotsana Mehta ,&nbsp;Sandeep Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103441","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103441","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Water reservoirs are facing increasing prevalence of microcontaminants originating from agricultural runoff, industrial effluents, and domestic wastewater. The persistence of microcontaminants leads to disruptions in aquatic ecosystems and poses potential long-term health risks to humans, even at minimal concentrations. However, traditional wastewater treatment methods are inefficient to eliminate the microcontaminants because of their intricate chemical structures and low concentration. In this regard, nano-adsorption employing nanomaterials as adsorbents presents a viable alternative, offering enhanced efficiency and specificity towards the removal of microcontaminants. Amongst all, two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, including graphene oxide (GO), layered double hydroxides (LDHs), MXenes, and boron nitrides (BNs), exhibit distinctive characteristics such as a high surface area, remarkable chemical stability, and tendency of diverse surface functionalization, rendering them particularly effective in adsorbing pollutants from water. Therefore, the present review provides an exhaustive literature and comparative analysis of the aforementioned 2D nanomaterials-based adsorbents concerning their efficacy in adsorbing microcontaminants of pharmaceuticals and personal care products origin such as antibiotics, steroids, bisphenols, phthalates, parabens, and benzophenones. The different aspects of 2D adsorbents including adsorption capacity, mechanisms involved, kinetic and isotherm models followed for removal of a variety of microcontaminants have been congregated. Also, the information on recyclability, reusability, and stability of the adsorbents has been summarized to highlight their viability. Further, the limitations and future aspects related to the use of 2D nanomaterials-based adsorbents towards pollutant removal have been discussed. Overall, 2D nanomaterials holds great promise as efficient adsorbents for environmental remediation and can also be explored for industrial adsorption applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"340 ","pages":"Article 103441"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143512732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategies to modulate underwater oil wettability and adhesion","authors":"Angana Borbora ,&nbsp;Uttam Manna","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103442","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103442","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inspired by the extreme underwater oil repellence found in fish scales, formally defined as underwater superoleophobicity, various functional interfaces have recently been derived. Such heterogeneous oil wettability underwater is attributed to the entrapment of liquid water in an extremely hydrophilic interface decorated with micro- and nanostructures. Designing underwater superoleophobic surfaces with differences in the force of oil adhesion is important for extending its potential utilizations in various and relevant applications. While underwater non-adhesive superoleophobicity enables applications like oil-liquid separation, self-cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-platelet adhesion, etc., the underwater superoleophobic interfaces embedded with the controlled force of oil adhesion remain crucial for another set of applications—including no-loss oil droplet manipulation, transfer, chemical toxin sensing, etc. This review discusses various strategies for deriving such underwater superoleophobic surfaces, emphasizing the need for co-optimizing appropriate surface nanoarchitectonics and hydrophilic chemistry and illustrating strategies for addressing durability and scalability challenges. Further, this review reveals the dominant role of chemical modulations over topography optimization for precise and orthogonal control on both oil wettability and force of oil adhesion. Additionally, strategic post-functionalization approaches are highlighted that enable instrument-free and naked-eye detection of physiological biomarkers and environmental toxins. It also depicts approaches to deriving mechanically durable underwater superoleophobic coatings—improving their suitability for more realistic application in outdoor conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"340 ","pages":"Article 103442"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143452778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tannic acid as a multifunctional additive in polysaccharide and protein-based films for enhanced food preservation: A comprehensive review","authors":"Gabriella Simon Maia ,&nbsp;Luís Marangoni Júnior ,&nbsp;Roniérik Pioli Vieira","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103428","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103428","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fossil-based polymers continue to dominate the market for single-use food packaging, despite increasing concerns about their sustainability. In response, natural and renewable polymers, such as proteins and polysaccharides, are gaining attention as potential alternatives due to their biodegradability and biocompatibility. However, their broader adoption is hindered by the need to improve their mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties. Tannic acid (TA) has emerged as a particularly effective additive for biopolymer-based films, offering strong antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. It also enhances mechanical and barrier characteristics through physical and/or covalent crosslinking. As a result, TA shows great potential as an additive for bioplastics, improving food packaging performance and extending product shelf life, while benefiting both the environment and the food industry. Despite the promising applications of TA, comprehensive reviews that focus on recent developments in its performance and bioactive properties remain limited. This review aims to highlight the effectiveness of TA as both an active ingredient and a crosslinking agent in various biopolymer films, offering valuable insights into its role in sustainable food packaging solutions by critically examining the latest advancements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"339 ","pages":"Article 103428"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143386493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advancements in flexible porous Nanoarchitectonic materials for biosensing applications","authors":"Arya Vasanth ,&nbsp;Aditya Ashok ,&nbsp;Thanh Nho Do ,&nbsp;Hoang-Phuong Phan","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103439","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103439","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of nanoporous materials has gained significant attention due to their unique structural properties and multimodalities, which are highly relevant for advanced sensing technologies. The capability to directly grow nanoporous materials on flexible substrates or indirectly integrate them into soft templates through mixing and dispersion opens exciting opportunities for a new class of flexible and stretchable electronics for personalized healthcare applications. This review paper provides a snapshot of recent advancements in flexible nanoporous materials and their applications, emphasizing biological and biomedical sensors. The review highlights the material of choice for flexible and stretchable substrates and effective approaches to synthesize and integrate nanoporous architectures onto soft polymers. Applications from wearable sweat sensors, mechanical sensors for electronic skins, implantable bioelectronics, and gas sensing are also presented. The paper concludes with current challenges and future perspectives within this highly active research paradigm.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"339 ","pages":"Article 103439"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143438032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interfacial electrostatic charges promoted chemistry: Reactions and mechanisms","authors":"Qiangqiang Sun ,&nbsp;Boran Xu ,&nbsp;Jinyan Du ,&nbsp;Yunlong Yu ,&nbsp;Yujie Huang ,&nbsp;Xu Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103436","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103436","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interfacial electrostatic charges are a universal phenomenon in nature. In recent years, interest in the chemical reactivity of electrostatic charges has grown. Interfacial electrostatic charge-driven chemical synthesis reduces the reliance on redox reagents, catalysts, and hazardous solvents, which promotes environmental sustainability and cost-effectiveness in the chemical industry. Electrostatic charges can be generated at the interfaces between solids, liquids, and gases. The chemical properties of electrostatic charges have been observed at interfaces between solids and liquids, and between liquids and gases. This review summarized the chemical reactivity of interfacial electrostatic charges and its mechanisms. Electrostatic charges play a fundamental role in providing electrons and creating electric fields, which in turn induce charge transfer, radical formation, and molecular orientation. We classified the role of interfacial charges in chemical reactions and provided new perspectives. Interfacial electrostatic charges can be generated with mechanical energy input, a power supply and interface transition from solid-liquid to liquid-gas. Redox and catalytic reactions involving inorganic, organic compounds and biomolecules are driven by interfacial electrostatic charges. Electrostatic chemistry mechanisms are currently a subject of debate because there is insufficient experimental evidence. Challenges and opportunities associated with interfacial electrostatic chemistry are discussed. Knowledge of the reactivity of interfacial electrostatic charges could be used to understand electrostatic phenomena in nature, advance green chemistry, and even study the origins of life. We expect this emerging topic will appeal to scientists in disciplines including interfacial chemistry and electrostatics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"339 ","pages":"Article 103436"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143378046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rheology of high internal phase ratio emulsions and foams","authors":"Rajinder Pal","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103426","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103426","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A comprehensive review of the rheology and related phenomena of high internal phase ratio emulsions (referred to as HIPREs) and foams is presented. Emulsions and foams with Brownian and non-Brownian inclusions (droplets/bubbles) are considered. The topics covered are osmotic pressure, modelling and experiments of the rheology of HIPREs/foams, time-dependent rheology (thixotropy/rheopexy), normal stresses, shear banding and slip effects in flow of HIPREs/foams, influence of solid particle stabilizers (Pickering emulsion/foam), and finally pipe rheology and flow of HIPREs/foams. This is the first review article that covers all aspects of the rheology of HIPREs/foams. The theoretical and empirical models describing the osmotic pressure and rheology (yield stress, storage modulus, viscosity, etc.) of HIPREs/foams are presented and their limitations pointed out. The contributions of entropic effects in the rheology of HIPREs/foams consisting of Brownian inclusions (droplets/bubbles) are given special consideration. The key experimental studies available in the literature are reviewed including measurements of yield stress, storage modulus, and viscosity of HIPREs/foams. Comparisons of experimental data with the theoretical and semi-theoretical models are made and the limitations of the models are identified. Experimental studies elaborating special effects in HIPREs/foams rheology such as thixotropy, rheopexy, normal stresses in fixed shear strain and steady shear, shear banding in thixotropic HIPREs/foams, and slip effects are also reviewed. The effects of average size and size distribution of inclusions (droplets/bubbles) on the rheology of HIPREs/foams are evaluated. The rheology of Pickering HIPREs/foams stabilized with solid nanoparticles at the interface is reviewed and compared with the rheology of surfactant-stabilized systems. Finally, the experimental work published on the pipe flow of HIPREs/foams and its connection to rheology is presented and discussed. The gaps in the existing knowledge of the rheology of HIPREs/foams are identified and future research directions in the area are given.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"339 ","pages":"Article 103426"},"PeriodicalIF":15.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143386818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}