Preparation and water retention properties of montmorillonite modified by EL-10 emulsifying agent

Qu, Yongping; Zhang, Zengzhi; Li, Cuilan

doi:10.1007/s11595-017-1672-0

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“…Furthermore, Cistanche deserticola and Cynomorium songaricum were grown on the roots of drought-tolerant plants, which also brought economic benefits. While working on the site we found that drought-tolerant plants and Cistanche deserticola / Cynomorium seeds require only a small amount of water, 9,10 and also, dew droplets have been found in the early morning on the surfaces of plants. These phenomena lead us to explore the possibility of utilizing dewing as a water supply for seeds or seedlings of drought-tolerant plants; as well as finding a method for improving dew productivity on surfaces of materials, so as to expand the fresh water source and further reduce consumption of offsite water during the ecological restoration in desertified areas.…”

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Experimental study on interaction between wettability configuration and dewing efficiency of surfaces with a cavity array

Zhang

Yan

Wang

et al. 2022

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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Experimental study on interaction between wettability configuration and dewing efficiency of surfaces with a cavity array

Zhang

Yan

Wang

et al. 2022

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.

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Nanoscale Clay Minerals for Functional Ecomaterials: Fabrication, Applications, and Future Trends

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Surfaces with modified morphology and wettability arrangement: a potential medium for water harvesting in desertification areas

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Xi,

Wang

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The cost of water transport for irrigating drought-endurable plants in desertification areas makes it important to develop other water sources. Research shows that freshwater produced by dewing could satisfy the water requirement during germination of desert plants, therefore, functional materials that promote dew formation provide solutions for reduction of plant irrigation costs in arid or semi-arid regions. In this review, feasibility of utilizing trace irrigation for ensuring survival of desert plants has been demonstrated. The technologies of preparing water harvesting materials with modified microstructure and wettability arrangement have been introduced, it has been shown that surface embedded with a bump array which has counter wettability compared with its plane section is a common morphology adopted by current works. After comparing climates in desertification regions with those in dewing chambers, it has been found that currently, the expected values of dew productivities of most water harvesting materials in deserted areas will not be as efficient as they performed in experiments due to low relative humidity. However, hydrophobic surface with submicron scale hydrophilic spherical cavity array produced by nanosphere lithography has shown reliable prospects in reducing the energy barrier of heterogeneous nucleation and thus become a more potential medium in dew water production.

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Preparation and water retention properties of montmorillonite modified by EL-10 emulsifying agent

Cited by 3 publications

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Experimental study on interaction between wettability configuration and dewing efficiency of surfaces with a cavity array

Experimental study on interaction between wettability configuration and dewing efficiency of surfaces with a cavity array

Nanoscale Clay Minerals for Functional Ecomaterials: Fabrication, Applications, and Future Trends

Surfaces with modified morphology and wettability arrangement: a potential medium for water harvesting in desertification areas

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