Pub Date : 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103719
Shani Yang , Tao Guo , Xueyan Yan , Wenxin Ti , Fangjie Shi , Zhentan Zhang , Yuteng Zhang , Kewei Gao , Xiaolu Pang
Superlattice coatings consist of alternating nanoscale layers of metals, ceramics, or intermetallics. They have emerged as promising protective materials for extreme environments in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and nuclear systems. Their periodic architectures offer synergistic enhancements in hardness, toughness, and thermal stability, surpassing conventional monolithic coatings. At the core of these properties lies interface engineering, which governs interlayer bonding, stress distribution, microstructural evolution, and high-temperature degradation. This review critically examines interface-dominated mechanisms underlying structural formation, growth dynamics, mechanical behavior, and environmental stability. Emphasis is placed on interfacial parameters such as lattice mismatch, interfacial energy, and atomic diffusion. These parameters play key roles in texture development, phase boundary design, and oxidation resistance. Despite recent advances, several challenges persist, including incomplete structure-property correlations, the lack of unified models linking processing to interface architecture, and limited integration with emerging functionalities. Future efforts should prioritize multiscale design platforms combining advanced characterization, modeling, and data-driven strategies to achieve precise interface control and multifunctionality in next-generation coatings.
{"title":"Interfacial engineering of superlattice coatings: Structural modulation, mechanical properties, and adaptation to high-temperature environments","authors":"Shani Yang , Tao Guo , Xueyan Yan , Wenxin Ti , Fangjie Shi , Zhentan Zhang , Yuteng Zhang , Kewei Gao , Xiaolu Pang","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Superlattice coatings consist of alternating nanoscale layers of metals, ceramics, or intermetallics. They have emerged as promising protective materials for extreme environments in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and nuclear systems. Their periodic architectures offer synergistic enhancements in hardness, toughness, and thermal stability, surpassing conventional monolithic coatings. At the core of these properties lies interface engineering, which governs interlayer bonding, stress distribution, microstructural evolution, and high-temperature degradation. This review critically examines interface-dominated mechanisms underlying structural formation, growth dynamics, mechanical behavior, and environmental stability. Emphasis is placed on interfacial parameters such as lattice mismatch, interfacial energy, and atomic diffusion. These parameters play key roles in texture development, phase boundary design, and oxidation resistance. Despite recent advances, several challenges persist, including incomplete structure-property correlations, the lack of unified models linking processing to interface architecture, and limited integration with emerging functionalities. Future efforts should prioritize multiscale design platforms combining advanced characterization, modeling, and data-driven strategies to achieve precise interface control and multifunctionality in next-generation coatings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"348 ","pages":"Article 103719"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145578332","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103718
Dan Zhao , Yueliang Liu , Zhide Ma , Jixiang Liu , Yanwei Wang , Lei Wang , Yi Xia , Hao Wang , Zilong Liu , Xinlei Liu
Against the global backdrop of carbon neutrality, technological revolution, and deep oil development strategies, the advancement of large-scale integrated technologies for CO₂ geological utilization and sequestration (CO₂-GUS) holds strategic significance for safeguarding national energy security and mitigating climate change. Currently, century-scale geological sequestration and utilization of CO₂ remain heavily reliant on simulation and predictive methodologies, underscoring an urgent need to advance collaborative innovation between molecular design strategies and engineering application technologies. This paper focuses on recent progress in this field, systematically reviewing the design strategies of CO₂-responsive gels, self-adaptive foams, nano-bubbles, and supercritical CO₂ thickeners, with particular emphasis on molecular design principles for CO₂ affinity and deep subsurface adaptability. It analyzes the temperature and salt tolerance of CO₂-responsive gels and thickeners, as well as CO₂ mobility control mechanisms, reveals the synergistic mechanism of energy release enhancement and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) via CO₂ nano-bubble bursting, and clarifies the colloidal interfacial behavior of CO₂ self-adaptive foams. Furthermore, this study outlines future directions for advanced atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization techniques at the molecular and atomic scales in CO₂-GUS applications. It also evaluates the engineering performance of these systems in synergistic CO₂-EOR and sequestration technologies, as well as in integrated CO₂ fracturing-EOR-sequestration processes. Finally, a century-scale deployment framework for CO₂ self-adaptive functional materials in geological utilization and sequestration is proposed, thereby providing a theoretical basis and technical support for the long-term safe management of CO₂.
{"title":"CO2 adaptive functional materials: Perspectives in geological utilization and sequestration","authors":"Dan Zhao , Yueliang Liu , Zhide Ma , Jixiang Liu , Yanwei Wang , Lei Wang , Yi Xia , Hao Wang , Zilong Liu , Xinlei Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the global backdrop of carbon neutrality, technological revolution, and deep oil development strategies, the advancement of large-scale integrated technologies for CO₂ geological utilization and sequestration (CO₂-GUS) holds strategic significance for safeguarding national energy security and mitigating climate change. Currently, century-scale geological sequestration and utilization of CO₂ remain heavily reliant on simulation and predictive methodologies, underscoring an urgent need to advance collaborative innovation between molecular design strategies and engineering application technologies. This paper focuses on recent progress in this field, systematically reviewing the design strategies of CO₂-responsive gels, self-adaptive foams, nano-bubbles, and supercritical CO₂ thickeners, with particular emphasis on molecular design principles for CO₂ affinity and deep subsurface adaptability. It analyzes the temperature and salt tolerance of CO₂-responsive gels and thickeners, as well as CO₂ mobility control mechanisms, reveals the synergistic mechanism of energy release enhancement and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) via CO₂ nano-bubble bursting, and clarifies the colloidal interfacial behavior of CO₂ self-adaptive foams. Furthermore, this study outlines future directions for advanced atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization techniques at the molecular and atomic scales in CO₂-GUS applications. It also evaluates the engineering performance of these systems in synergistic CO₂-EOR and sequestration technologies, as well as in integrated CO₂ fracturing-EOR-sequestration processes. Finally, a century-scale deployment framework for CO₂ self-adaptive functional materials in geological utilization and sequestration is proposed, thereby providing a theoretical basis and technical support for the long-term safe management of CO₂.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"348 ","pages":"Article 103718"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145555246","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-11DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103715
Jiaqi Zhao , Jiao Jiang , Laisheng Li , Yuepeng Cai , Renfeng Dong
Catalytic reactions play a vital role in the chemical industry and daily life. They can increase the rate of chemical reactions, enhance the selectivity of responses, and reduce the energy consumption of chemical reactions. They can be used in the chemical industry, environmental protection, energy production, biochemistry, and other fields. Catalysis, an important basic chemical reaction, also plays a significant role in micro/nanorobots. Catalysis can not only convert chemical energy or other energy such as light energy into mechanical energy of micro/nanorobots, giving micro/nanorobots excellent motion performance but also enables micro/nanorobots to show excellent application potential in the field of environmental governance and detection, especially in the degradation of organic pollutants. Based on this, this paper takes the catalytic mechanism as the main line, combines the two levels of drive and application, and summarizes a series of catalytic micro/nanorobots design strategies in detail. Based on the different catalytic mechanisms, catalytic micro/nanorobots are systematically classified and introduced. Finally, the current challenges and future development trends of catalytic micro/nanorobots are carefully discussed. Hopefully, this review can further deepen the integration of catalysis and micro/nanorobots, promoting more advanced catalytic micro/nanorobots fabrication.
{"title":"Catalysis for micro/nanorobots","authors":"Jiaqi Zhao , Jiao Jiang , Laisheng Li , Yuepeng Cai , Renfeng Dong","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Catalytic reactions play a vital role in the chemical industry and daily life. They can increase the rate of chemical reactions, enhance the selectivity of responses, and reduce the energy consumption of chemical reactions. They can be used in the chemical industry, environmental protection, energy production, biochemistry, and other fields. Catalysis, an important basic chemical reaction, also plays a significant role in micro/nanorobots. Catalysis can not only convert chemical energy or other energy such as light energy into mechanical energy of micro/nanorobots, giving micro/nanorobots excellent motion performance but also enables micro/nanorobots to show excellent application potential in the field of environmental governance and detection, especially in the degradation of organic pollutants. Based on this, this paper takes the catalytic mechanism as the main line, combines the two levels of drive and application, and summarizes a series of catalytic micro/nanorobots design strategies in detail. Based on the different catalytic mechanisms, catalytic micro/nanorobots are systematically classified and introduced. Finally, the current challenges and future development trends of catalytic micro/nanorobots are carefully discussed. Hopefully, this review can further deepen the integration of catalysis and micro/nanorobots, promoting more advanced catalytic micro/nanorobots fabrication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"348 ","pages":"Article 103715"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145555247","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}
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are made from naturally occurring cellulose. These nanocrystals exhibit exceptional mechanical, chemical, optical, renewable, and biocompatible properties, which have made them highly attractive for various applications. Despite their many advantageous features, CNCs are inherently hydrophilic, which limits their ability to incorporate into hydrophobic polymer matrices in high-performance nanocomposites. To address this limitation, surface functionalization methods are developed to tailor the properties of CNCs for specific applications. This review highlights various physical and chemical approaches for the modification of CNCs. Physical modification is typically achieved through electrostatic interactions, while chemical modification is conducted via two main strategies of small molecule modification and polymer grafting. The latter includes three approaches of “grafting from”, “grafting onto”, and “grafting through”. In the “grafting from” technique, stimuli-responsive polymer chains capable of reacting to external stimuli grow directly on the surface of CNCs using different polymerization methods. Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) techniques, such as atom transfer radical polymerization, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, and nitroxide-mediated polymerization, are highly applicable in grafting reactions from the surface of CNCs. The “grafting onto” approach involves anchoring presynthesized polymers onto the surface of CNCs via coupling reactions. In the “grafting through” method, the surface of CNCs is functionalized using polymerizable groups (e.g., acrylic moieties) before in situ polymerization. Covalent grafting of stimuli-responsive polymers on CNCs aims to produce “smart” nanocrystals with tailored polymer chains on their surface. The RDRP methods help to manipulate the molecular weight of the grafted polymers and their dispersity, application of different functionalities, controlling the grafting density, and also site-specific modifications. These functionalized materials have diverse applications in drug delivery, antimicrobial systems, absorbents, Pickering emulsifiers, and biosensors for monitoring pH, temperature, bacterial growth, and glucose levels.
{"title":"Stimuli-responsive cellulose nanocrystals: From small molecule modification to controlled polymer grafting using radical polymerization methods","authors":"Mitra Hosseingholizadeh , Milad Babazadeh-Mamaqani , Hossein Roghani-Mamaqani , Vahid Haddadi-Asl","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are made from naturally occurring cellulose. These nanocrystals exhibit exceptional mechanical, chemical, optical, renewable, and biocompatible properties, which have made them highly attractive for various applications. Despite their many advantageous features, CNCs are inherently hydrophilic, which limits their ability to incorporate into hydrophobic polymer matrices in high-performance nanocomposites. To address this limitation, surface functionalization methods are developed to tailor the properties of CNCs for specific applications. This review highlights various physical and chemical approaches for the modification of CNCs. Physical modification is typically achieved through electrostatic interactions, while chemical modification is conducted via two main strategies of small molecule modification and polymer grafting. The latter includes three approaches of “grafting from”, “grafting onto”, and “grafting through”. In the “grafting from” technique, stimuli-responsive polymer chains capable of reacting to external stimuli grow directly on the surface of CNCs using different polymerization methods. Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) techniques, such as atom transfer radical polymerization, reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, and nitroxide-mediated polymerization, are highly applicable in grafting reactions from the surface of CNCs. The “grafting onto” approach involves anchoring presynthesized polymers onto the surface of CNCs via coupling reactions. In the “grafting through” method, the surface of CNCs is functionalized using polymerizable groups (e.g., acrylic moieties) before in situ polymerization. Covalent grafting of stimuli-responsive polymers on CNCs aims to produce “smart” nanocrystals with tailored polymer chains on their surface. The RDRP methods help to manipulate the molecular weight of the grafted polymers and their dispersity, application of different functionalities, controlling the grafting density, and also site-specific modifications. These functionalized materials have diverse applications in drug delivery, antimicrobial systems, absorbents, Pickering emulsifiers, and biosensors for monitoring pH, temperature, bacterial growth, and glucose levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"347 ","pages":"Article 103717"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145566803","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}
Although plastics were a ground-breaking invention that transformed modern life, their widespread mismanagement and accumulation have led to pervasive pollution, with microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) now posing risks to ecosystems and human health. This reality is drawing urgent research attention toward their isolation, identification, and quantification in the environment, which is not well-established yet. Therefore, to cover this gap, this review article provides a comprehensive overview of various separation methods, including density separation, oil separation, electrostatic separation, magnetic separation, elutriation, membrane filtration, enzymatic treatments, and sieving. These methods are useful for separating MPs from their surrounding environment. Furthermore, the present work discusses the recent methodologies/techniques employed for the identification and characterization of MPs/NPs in environment, including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser direct infrared (LDIR), pressurized fluid extraction (PFE), thermal analysis, electrochemical sensing, optical sensing, chromatographic techniques, and visual inspection. These techniques are effective in detecting MPs and are widely used to analyse their polymer composition, size, morphology, and shape. This review further outlines recent developments in MPs/NPs identification & quantification methods, major challenges, toxicological mechanism, regulation framework and also, compare their detection limit, cost, accessibility advantages and addresses the limitations associated with various available analytical tools. Overall, this review offers an overview of the various methods for separating, identifying, and quantifying MPs, and underscores the need for continuous innovation required for the advancements and addressing the challenges in the field.
{"title":"Advanced tools and methodologies for identification, characterization, and quantification of micro/nano plastics in environmental matrices","authors":"Bunty Sharma , Srishti Mangla , Shikha Aery , Chahat Sharma , Ajeet Kaushik , Sandeep Kumar , Ganga Ram Chaudhary","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although plastics were a ground-breaking invention that transformed modern life, their widespread mismanagement and accumulation have led to pervasive pollution, with microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) now posing risks to ecosystems and human health. This reality is drawing urgent research attention toward their isolation, identification, and quantification in the environment, which is not well-established yet. Therefore, to cover this gap, this review article provides a comprehensive overview of various separation methods, including density separation, oil separation, electrostatic separation, magnetic separation, elutriation, membrane filtration, enzymatic treatments, and sieving. These methods are useful for separating MPs from their surrounding environment. Furthermore, the present work discusses the recent methodologies/techniques employed for the identification and characterization of MPs/NPs in environment, including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), laser direct infrared (LDIR), pressurized fluid extraction (PFE), thermal analysis, electrochemical sensing, optical sensing, chromatographic techniques, and visual inspection. These techniques are effective in detecting MPs and are widely used to analyse their polymer composition, size, morphology, and shape. This review further outlines recent developments in MPs/NPs identification & quantification methods, major challenges, toxicological mechanism, regulation framework and also, compare their detection limit, cost, accessibility advantages and addresses the limitations associated with various available analytical tools. Overall, this review offers an overview of the various methods for separating, identifying, and quantifying MPs, and underscores the need for continuous innovation required for the advancements and addressing the challenges in the field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"347 ","pages":"Article 103716"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145517297","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-11DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103710
Seyi Philemon Akanji , Lionel Esteban , Ausama Giwelli , Joel Sarout , Alireza Keshavarz , Stefan Iglauer
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) offers the potential to remove and safely store significant quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, thereby limiting global warming. Conventional geological storage involves injecting CO2, in gaseous or supercritical state, into porous rock reservoirs, relying on geological top seals, capillary forces and/or dissolution in groundwater as the primary “locking-in” processes. An alternative method injects CO2-saturated water into mafic rocks (basalts), chemically inducing in-situ mineralization of CO2 to form solid carbonate minerals. This mechanism offers the lowest risk of carbon returning to the atmosphere. This review synthesizes field and laboratory studies on CO2 mineralization in basaltic rocks and the resulting impact on the rock’s pore network, permeability and porosity. Evidence indicates that dissolution-precipitation reactions substantially alter basalt microstructure, with outcomes strongly influenced by (i) sufficient fluid residence time within the pore space, (ii) adequate reactive surface area, including both total rock surface and reactive mineral phases, and (iii) in-situ permeability and porosity that enable efficient CO2-saturated water injection with minimal energy input. While dissolution enhances pore connectivity and injectivity, secondary carbonate precipitation can clog flow pathways, though fracture opening under pressure-temperature gradients may counteract these effects. Field-scale projects such as CarbFix demonstrate that continuous dissolved-CO2 injection promotes near-well dissolution while shifting carbonate precipitation farther from the injection site, reducing clogging risks. Current findings highlight basaltic formations as promising, safe, and scalable reservoirs for permanent CO2 storage, though further research is needed to quantify pore-scale processes and optimize injection strategies.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-09DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103701
Haiyang Zhang , Yihuai Zhang , Muhammad Arif
Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) represents a large-scale energy storage system, aiming to ensure a consistent supply by storing hydrogen generated from surplus energy. In the practice of UHS, cushion gas is typically injected into the formation to maintain reservoir pressure for efficient hydrogen withdrawal. This paper reviews the impact of cushion gas on the performance of UHS from both experimental and numerical simulation perspectives. The thermophysical (e.g., density, viscosity, compressibility, and solubility) and petrophysical (interfacial tension, wettability, and relative permeability) properties, as well as the mixing and diffusion behavior of different cushion gases, were compared. The corresponding impact of different cushion gases on plume migration and trapping potential is then discussed. Furthermore, this review critically analyzes and explains the impact of various factors on the performance of UHS, including the type of cushion gas, the composition of cushion gas mixtures, the volume of injected cushion gas, and the effects of bio-methanation processes. The corresponding analysis specifically focuses on key performance indicators, including H2 recovery factor, formation pressure, brine production, and H2 outflow purity. Thus, this review provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of cushion gas in UHS, offering insight into the effective management and optimization of cushion gas injection in field-scale UHS operations.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-09DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103714
Asisha Ranjan Pradhan
Slurry transportation through pipelines is an essential technology supporting mining, mineral processing, power generation, dredging, and related industries. Its performance is governed by the interactions between solid particles, carrier fluids, and operating conditions, which collectively determine rheology, stability, and energy demand. This review synthesises recent developments on the influence of particle size distribution, concentration, and morphology on slurry flow behaviour, as well as the role of chemical and bio-based additives in improving suspension stability, reducing viscosity, and enabling higher solids loading. The discussion extends to advances in rheological modelling and computational approaches, ranging from empirical correlations to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), discrete element modelling, and emerging hybrid frameworks that integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning for improved prediction and control. Case studies and experimental findings highlight the potential of optimised formulations and modelling strategies to enhance flowability, minimise pressure losses, and promote energy-efficient operation. Attention is also given to the limitations of current methods, challenges in scaling laboratory results to field conditions, and the need for standardisation in additive evaluation and model validation. By consolidating these insights, the review provides a comprehensive understanding of slurry pipeline transport and outlines opportunities for developing reliable, sustainable, and adaptable systems suited to future industrial demands.
{"title":"Rheology-driven approaches in slurry transportation: Influence of bimodal mixtures, additives, and modelling perspectives","authors":"Asisha Ranjan Pradhan","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Slurry transportation through pipelines is an essential technology supporting mining, mineral processing, power generation, dredging, and related industries. Its performance is governed by the interactions between solid particles, carrier fluids, and operating conditions, which collectively determine rheology, stability, and energy demand. This review synthesises recent developments on the influence of particle size distribution, concentration, and morphology on slurry flow behaviour, as well as the role of chemical and bio-based additives in improving suspension stability, reducing viscosity, and enabling higher solids loading. The discussion extends to advances in rheological modelling and computational approaches, ranging from empirical correlations to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), discrete element modelling, and emerging hybrid frameworks that integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning for improved prediction and control. Case studies and experimental findings highlight the potential of optimised formulations and modelling strategies to enhance flowability, minimise pressure losses, and promote energy-efficient operation. Attention is also given to the limitations of current methods, challenges in scaling laboratory results to field conditions, and the need for standardisation in additive evaluation and model validation. By consolidating these insights, the review provides a comprehensive understanding of slurry pipeline transport and outlines opportunities for developing reliable, sustainable, and adaptable systems suited to future industrial demands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"347 ","pages":"Article 103714"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2025-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145508286","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}
Pub Date : 2025-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103703
Muhammad Hassan Zaheer Khan , Muhammad Umair Tariq , Sara Riaz , Muhammad Shahbaz , Muhammad Mitee Ullah , Enza Fazio , Ammar Tariq , Shahid Atiq , Shahid M. Ramay
The development of next-generation energy storage devices necessitates electrode materials that can simultaneously offer high surface area, tunable porosity, and efficient charge transport. Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-67 (ZIF-67), a cobalt-based metal organic framework, has emerged as a modular platform for designing high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of recent breakthroughs in the synthesis, modification, and application of ZIF-67 and its derivatives. Diverse synthetic routes ranging from solvothermal and hydrothermal to surfactant-assisted, microwave, and green solid-state methods are systematically compared with respect to structural control and electrochemical outcomes. Special emphasis is placed on ZIF-67-based composites incorporating carbon materials, conductive polymers, and transition metal compounds, which unlock synergistic effects to enhance conductivity and capacitance. Additionally, the role of doping, redox-active interfaces, and advanced electrolytes in tuning charge storage behavior is critically examined. We highlight the limitations that persist, particularly in cycling stability and scalability, and propose design principles to overcome these hurdles. This review positions ZIF-67 as a highly adaptable framework for next-generation supercapacitors and offers a roadmap for future innovations in MOF-derived energy storage systems.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103711
Md Shabudden Ahamed , Cuie Tang , Shili Liu , Bin Li , Elham Assadpour , Seid Mahdi Jafari , Yan Li
Emulsions often face separation and degradation challenges under external stimuli such as pH shifts, temperature fluctuations, and ionic strength variations in complex mixtures during processing and storage. Conventional stabilization approaches often involve processing complexity, high energy cost, and risk of degrading sensitive components. Imine chemistry presents a transformative alternative by leveraging dynamic covalent bonds, where the reversible formation of a (C=N) linkage via condensation enables to create intelligent, responsive emulsions. Formation of imine-based surfactants through in situ reactions between amine and aldehyde precursors is a simple and shorter step that not only stabilizes interfaces but also confers unique functionalities, offering dynamic control over emulsion stability. These imine-based surfactants exhibit a highly tunable hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, reversible emulsification behavior, and exceptional pH responsiveness due to the acid-labile nature of the imine bond. This review critically evaluates the molecular design, synthesis, and interfacial mechanism of imine-surfactants, highlighting their application in developing responsive emulsion systems for targeted drug delivery, enhanced oil recovery, biosensing, and food production.
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