Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-26DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103770
Haidar Ali AlAhmad, Shiqi Liu, Ali Alabdrabulrasul, Hussein Hoteit, Cunqi Jia
Geological storage of carbon dioxide is widely regarded as an effective approach to reduce atmospheric CO2. Several geological formations have been investigated for CO2 sequestration, including depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, unmineable coal seams, and basaltic formations that enable mineral trapping. Confined saline aquifers are generally viewed as a favorable option because of their global distribution. Storage safety in confined saline aquifers remains a major public concern due to significant hydrological challenges, particularly the potential leakage of brine and CO2 into overlying freshwater aquifers. The leakage processes of brine and CO2 have been extensively studied, yet their distinct mechanisms are often conflated in the literature. Brine leakage is primarily pressure-driven, whereas CO2 leakage is governed by saturation dynamics. Leakage may also arise from compromised aquiclude integrity, microfractures, or poorly sealed abandoned wells that act as conduits for vertical fluid migration. In response, numerous analytical, semi-analytical, and numerical models have been developed to describe and quantify leakage behavior. This review critically examines these modeling approaches, highlighting their underlying assumptions, applicability, and limitations, and identifies key knowledge gaps to guide future research on subsurface CO2 containment.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103757
Sebastian Köhler , Thomas Arnold , Jens Birch , Marité Cárdenas , Samira Dorri , Martin Månsson , Tommy Nylander , Sarah Rogers , Stephan V. Roth , Yasmine Sassa , Max Wolff
Interfacial structures on the nanoscale are crucial for a wide field of applications ranging from biological membranes in life sciences through organic solar cells and industrial coatings in soft matter to hard matter structures. The latter include thin film coatings and materials such as magnetic nanoparticles and topological structures like magnetic skyrmions. Advancing such application rests on the ability to reveal structures at hidden interfaces at different length scales. Techniques like scanning probe microscopy provide information about surface structures and topology with high precision, but are limited to the probe interacting with the surface. The high penetration power of neutrons, their sensitivity to light elements and the capability to probe magnetic structures makes grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS) a valuable, but yet underexploited, tool for organic materials and condensed matter systems and, in particular, to study buried interfaces. Together with specular and off specular neutron reflectometry, interfacial structures on length scales from a few nanometres up to micrometres can be revealed. Apart from giving a comprehensive introduction to the GISANS technique, we will highlight the importance of interfacial layer structures in different fields and how recent developments in the surface techniques have revealed common features in a range of systems. This includes the formation, structure, and topology of the interfaces of and between materials, which are controlled by the same fundamental molecular and colloidal forces.
{"title":"Recent progress in grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering","authors":"Sebastian Köhler , Thomas Arnold , Jens Birch , Marité Cárdenas , Samira Dorri , Martin Månsson , Tommy Nylander , Sarah Rogers , Stephan V. Roth , Yasmine Sassa , Max Wolff","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103757","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103757","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interfacial structures on the nanoscale are crucial for a wide field of applications ranging from biological membranes in life sciences through organic solar cells and industrial coatings in soft matter to hard matter structures. The latter include thin film coatings and materials such as magnetic nanoparticles and topological structures like magnetic skyrmions. Advancing such application rests on the ability to reveal structures at hidden interfaces at different length scales. Techniques like scanning probe microscopy provide information about surface structures and topology with high precision, but are limited to the probe interacting with the surface. The high penetration power of neutrons, their sensitivity to light elements and the capability to probe magnetic structures makes grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS) a valuable, but yet underexploited, tool for organic materials and condensed matter systems and, in particular, to study buried interfaces. Together with specular and off specular neutron reflectometry, interfacial structures on length scales from a few nanometres up to micrometres can be revealed. Apart from giving a comprehensive introduction to the GISANS technique, we will highlight the importance of interfacial layer structures in different fields and how recent developments in the surface techniques have revealed common features in a range of systems. This includes the formation, structure, and topology of the interfaces of and between materials, which are controlled by the same fundamental molecular and colloidal forces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 103757"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799485","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-18DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103759
Zhongkang Yan , Xueying Li , Tingting Wu , Xiaofan Yang
Co-contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and micro(nano)plastics (MNPs) has emerged as an environmental challenge of global concern. These contaminants co-exist broadly and form interfacial adsorption complexes that dictate their transport and exposure pathways; within organisms, such co-exposure synergistically amplifies systemic toxicity. In this review, the interaction mechanisms, co-transport behaviors, and ecotoxicological effects between PFAS–MNPs are systematically summarized, with emphasis on the inherent relationship and mechanism of their “adsorption–transport–toxicity” pathway. Initially, the principal and potential interfacial interaction mechanisms between PFAS and MNPs are synthesized, with attention to the coupled influence of multiple regulating factors. Subsequently, by integrating laboratory and field evidence, their co-transport behaviors and cross-medium fates across diverse environmental matrices are outlined, and an ecotoxicological evidence chain spanning cellular, organ, and individual levels is compiled. Hydrophobic interactions predominantly govern adsorption in most cases, whereas electrostatic interactions, pore-filling effects play important roles under specific conditions. The adsorption process is jointly regulated by the solution chemistry, contaminant structures, and surface functional groups of MNPs, resulting in pronounced complexity and uncertainty. Laboratory and field studies have demonstrated that MNPs act as vectors for PFAS, substantially enhancing their environmental mobility and reshaping their exposure patterns. Such co-exposure not only results in additive effects but also amplifies systemic toxicity through barrier disruption, immune dysregulation, and microbiota imbalance. Collectively, this review highlights the “adsorption–transport–toxicity” continuum, revealing the multi-scale linkage of PFAS–MNPs interactions from molecular interfaces to ecological effects, and establishing a unified mechanistic framework for understanding their cross-medium behavior and ecological risks.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103751
Shahin Faghiri, Parham Poureslami, Mikaeel Minaei, Shahin Akbari, Mohammadreza Asadi, Javad Ranjbar Kermani, Mohamad Ali Bijarchi, Mohammad Behshad Shafii
Studies on the impact of liquid drops, particularly over the last twenty years, have attracted the researchers’ attention due to the demand for improved predictive accuracy across various industries. This paper provides a review of existing research on mass and momentum interactions, as well as phase changes, that occur when drops impact a liquid surface. Initially, the classification of impact liquids and the non-dimensional numbers utilized in drop impact are introduced. Subsequently, the experimental, numerical, and theoretical methods employed in past research are discussed. These findings are obtained by careful analysis of drop collision phenomena. This analysis includes the formation of the crown sheet, jet, and various splash types that occur during high-velocity impacts. Each of these phenomena is examined regarding the fundamental physical mechanisms involved, as well as the relevant predictive correlations and models. Based on the liquid depth in which the droplet impacts, the studies are categorized into thin film, liquid film, shallow pool, and deep pool, and this study covers all four types. Although considerable efforts have been made in the past to comprehend and characterize these phenomena, there remains a substantial gap in past research, particularly concerning multiple drop impacts and phase changes during impingement on liquid surfaces. Therefore, this article provides an in-depth review of experimental, numerical, and theoretical models of drop impact on liquid surfaces, which includes a comprehensive understanding of their underlying physics in all these phenomena.
{"title":"A comprehensive review on droplet impact dynamics on liquid surfaces: Experimental and numerical investigations of momentum, mass, and heat transfer","authors":"Shahin Faghiri, Parham Poureslami, Mikaeel Minaei, Shahin Akbari, Mohammadreza Asadi, Javad Ranjbar Kermani, Mohamad Ali Bijarchi, Mohammad Behshad Shafii","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103751","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103751","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studies on the impact of liquid drops, particularly over the last twenty years, have attracted the researchers’ attention due to the demand for improved predictive accuracy across various industries. This paper provides a review of existing research on mass and momentum interactions, as well as phase changes, that occur when drops impact a liquid surface. Initially, the classification of impact liquids and the non-dimensional numbers utilized in drop impact are introduced. Subsequently, the experimental, numerical, and theoretical methods employed in past research are discussed. These findings are obtained by careful analysis of drop collision phenomena. This analysis includes the formation of the crown sheet, jet, and various splash types that occur during high-velocity impacts. Each of these phenomena is examined regarding the fundamental physical mechanisms involved, as well as the relevant predictive correlations and models. Based on the liquid depth in which the droplet impacts, the studies are categorized into thin film, liquid film, shallow pool, and deep pool, and this study covers all four types. Although considerable efforts have been made in the past to comprehend and characterize these phenomena, there remains a substantial gap in past research, particularly concerning multiple drop impacts and phase changes during impingement on liquid surfaces. Therefore, this article provides an in-depth review of experimental, numerical, and theoretical models of drop impact on liquid surfaces, which includes a comprehensive understanding of their underlying physics in all these phenomena.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 103751"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145783879","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103754
Xiachen Xiao , Baoshan Xie , Liangxuan Ouyang , Juefei Yang , Chengshuai Li , Jing Zhao , Youfu Lv , Xiaoliang Zeng , Chuanchang Li
As electronic systems continue to evolve toward higher integration and power densities, the demand for efficient thermal interface materials (TIMs) grows increasingly urgent. Electrospinning has emerged as a versatile and scalable approach for fabricating TIMs with tunable nanofiber architectures and tailored interfacial properties. This review examines how electrospinning directly influences thermal transport through control over fiber morphology, filler dispersion, and interface engineering. By integrating multidimensional fillers and optimizing electrospinning parameters—such as electric field strength, solution rheology, and collector configuration—researchers have constructed continuous heat conduction pathways with enhanced phonon alignment and reduced interfacial resistance. Particular emphasis is placed on colloidal and molecular mechanisms, including solvent evaporation-induced alignment, hydrogen bonding, and phonon vibrational density of states (VDOS) matching, which critically govern interfacial thermal transport. Representative examples from polymer- and phase change material (PCM)-based systems demonstrate the ability of electrospinning to deliver high thermal conductivity, flexibility, and environmental robustness. This review provides a mechanistic framework and developmental roadmap for electrospun TIMs, bridging colloid and interface science with advanced thermal management technologies.
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The reliability of power transformers is greatly influenced by properties of uninhibited naphthenic base mineral oil (UNMO) used as an insulating oil. This study aims to investigate effects of ZnO nanoparticles on the thermophysical and insulating properties of UNMO. X-ray diffraction testing was conducted to verify the nanoscale size of nanoparticles, with results analyzed using the Scherrer method and William Hall method, including UDM, USDM, and UDEDM approaches. Nanoparticles sizes determined by these methods were 21.65, 26.20, 35.92, 35.37, and 36.01 nm, respectively. These measurements confirmed the samples as nanoparticles with sizes below 100 nm. Nano insulating liquid was prepared using a two-step method with concentrations of 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 wt%. The results demonstrate that the addition of ZnO nanoparticles simultaneously enhances dielectric breakdown strength and thermal conductivity, while also increasing dielectric losses and electrical conductivity. A highly significant improvement of 42.76% in ACBDV was observed, indicating superior resistance to electrical puncture. Thermal conductivity was also enhanced by up to 81.83%, promising improved heat dissipation and reduced operational temperatures, which contributes to extended transformer lifespan. Conversely, the tan δ and electrical conductivity increased by 44.83% and 49.00%, respectively, representing a trade-off in the form of higher dielectric losses and potential leakage currents.
{"title":"Dual-property enhancement of naphthenic mineral oil with ZnO nanoparticles for improved cooling and insulation performance","authors":"Khoirudin , Budi Kristiawan , Budi Santoso , Sukarman , Amri Abdulah","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The reliability of power transformers is greatly influenced by properties of uninhibited naphthenic base mineral oil (UNMO) used as an insulating oil. This study aims to investigate effects of ZnO nanoparticles on the thermophysical and insulating properties of UNMO. X-ray diffraction testing was conducted to verify the nanoscale size of nanoparticles, with results analyzed using the Scherrer method and William Hall method, including UDM, USDM, and UDEDM approaches. Nanoparticles sizes determined by these methods were 21.65, 26.20, 35.92, 35.37, and 36.01 nm, respectively. These measurements confirmed the samples as nanoparticles with sizes below 100 nm. Nano insulating liquid was prepared using a two-step method with concentrations of 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 wt%. The results demonstrate that the addition of ZnO nanoparticles simultaneously enhances dielectric breakdown strength and thermal conductivity, while also increasing dielectric losses and electrical conductivity. A highly significant improvement of 42.76% in ACBDV was observed, indicating superior resistance to electrical puncture. Thermal conductivity was also enhanced by up to 81.83%, promising improved heat dissipation and reduced operational temperatures, which contributes to extended transformer lifespan. Conversely, the tan δ and electrical conductivity increased by 44.83% and 49.00%, respectively, representing a trade-off in the form of higher dielectric losses and potential leakage currents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 103766"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145838336","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103760
Keying Liu , Yue Guan , Yutong Li , Siyu Yao , Qingqing Zhu , Haohao Hu , Zhengzong Wu , Donghong Liu , Enbo Xu
The nanoscale structural regulation of starch molecules involving tailored nanostarches has gained growing attention due to the high biocompatibility, processability, and tunable biodegradability upon sustainable developing prospect. However, single-component starch materials often have limitations for multifunctional applications in the human body, for both in vivo and in vitro settings. Starch-derived materials with modified nanostructure by proteins, lipids, inorganic components, etc., enable the generation of a wide range of high-performance nanocomposites, which are increasingly used as functional matrices and carriers. These broadly-defined “nanostarch”-based materials show great potential for both human internal and external applications. Usage scenarios are internally in functional foods, drug delivery, and tissue engineering, and externally in smart packaging, flexible optoelectronic sensing, and environmental remediation. Overall, we summarize and review the advances in the state-of-art fabrication of starch nanostructure-modified composites as cutting-edge functional materials, with their versatile applications contributing to human health and sustainability.
{"title":"Starch nanostructure-modified composite materials adapted for human internal and external usage scenarios","authors":"Keying Liu , Yue Guan , Yutong Li , Siyu Yao , Qingqing Zhu , Haohao Hu , Zhengzong Wu , Donghong Liu , Enbo Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103760","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cis.2025.103760","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The nanoscale structural regulation of starch molecules involving tailored nanostarches has gained growing attention due to the high biocompatibility, processability, and tunable biodegradability upon sustainable developing prospect. However, single-component starch materials often have limitations for multifunctional applications in the human body, for both in vivo and in vitro settings. Starch-derived materials with modified nanostructure by proteins, lipids, inorganic components, etc., enable the generation of a wide range of high-performance nanocomposites, which are increasingly used as functional matrices and carriers. These broadly-defined “nanostarch”-based materials show great potential for both human internal and external applications. Usage scenarios are internally in functional foods, drug delivery, and tissue engineering, and externally in smart packaging, flexible optoelectronic sensing, and environmental remediation. Overall, we summarize and review the advances in the state-of-art fabrication of starch nanostructure-modified composites as cutting-edge functional materials, with their versatile applications contributing to human health and sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":239,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Colloid and Interface Science","volume":"349 ","pages":"Article 103760"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799487","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 : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-30DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103732
Junnan Song , Qingjie Sun , Andre G. Skirtach , Bogdan V. Parakhonskiy
Recent advances in nano-sciences including colloids, interfaces as well as material science in general, are increasingly driven by artificial intelligence (AI), which combines theory, computation, experiment, data acquisition and analysis, and implementation. Previously, we covered applications of machine learning (ML) in nanoarchitectonics, where phenomena at nanoscale were compared with those at larger scale and where fundamental models were analyzed in application to colloids-, interface-, and material science area in general. Scrutinizing historical discovery paradigms from empirical observation to theoretical modeling, here in Part-II (as continuation of Adv. Colloids Interface Sci. 2025, 343, 103546), we extend that parallel to modern analysis workflows, data processing, evaluation metrics, application of language-based models. This review is organized around three pillars: (a) data acquisition, integration, and preprocessing for model-ready datasets; (b) model development encompassing classical (shallow) and advanced (deep) learning architectures; and (c) AI-assisted fabrication, characterization, and analysis of materials especially for colloidal and interfacial science. We compare major ML models - supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, and reinforcement learning - alongside advanced techniques such as transfer learning and autoencoders, highlighting applications across the materials innovation pipeline, from design and synthesis optimization to property prediction and performance evaluation. The concept of explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is examined using the ITAP framework (interpretability, time efficiency, accuracy, and parameter sensitivity) to improve model transparency, reliability, and interpretability. Finally, we discuss the emergence of autonomous laboratories and outline key challenges, future directions toward transparent, reproducible, and sustainable AI-driven nanoarchitectonics, where adaptation and application of language-based models is expected to play an important role.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103733
Sareh Boostani , Elham Assadpour , Yue Wang , Mohammad Hashem Hashempur , Seid Mahdi Jafari
The search for plant-based raw materials has strengthened the requirement to expand the performance of plant proteins. Nature-inspired conjugation, through mimicking natural post-translational modifications (PTMs), suggests a promising route to generate bio-conjugates for innovative emulsification and encapsulation. Conjugation is still the utmost usual method aimed at the modification of food proteins that can be fabricated via simple, easy-scalable procedures. As owning health-promoting aspects, bio-conjugates can introduce the clean/green (label) ingredients, compared with inconvenient and costly techniques. This study is taking a cue from nature for alternating the plant-based proteins through polysaccharides, polyphenols and lipid components and designing green plant-based nano-conjugates (via the selection of proper compounds). Nevertheless, this review critically evaluates a central restriction as there is an important biomimetic gap between the accurate and effective alterations created in nature and the simple and non-detailed approaches such as Maillard reaction, alkali treatment, etc. that are presently performed in vitro. Here, different methods of conjugating plant proteins with conjugates are described. Furthermore, the digestive tract or food matrix can promote the release of bioactive components, so the characteristics of drug delivery systems that can influence such phenomena will be discussed, as well as the technical-functional applications of such systems and drug delivery systems. Also, health-related risk assessments related to natural reactions and bio-conjugated nanostructures will be discussed. Lastly, we provide a critical perspective on the tasks of scalability, regulatory, and safety verification. We provide a forward-looking review of how a more rational, nature-inspired design philosophy can push the boundaries and hasten the expansion of next-generation green/clean (label) colloidal delivery systems.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2025.103728
Dan Wang , Baoyi Wei , Youyi Xia , Ling Jin , Bingbing Wang , Bin Dong , Hong Gao , Feng Shi
Chemical reactions and gradients can drive the locomotion of smart devices by converting the chemical energy into kinetic energy at the water/air-water interface. Among all-scale propulsions, chemical-powered smart devices at milli- and centimeters have attracted significant attentions over the past 15 years due to their advantages, including self-powered motions with large driving force, visible motions, and long moving distances, which have achieved various promising applications in mini-generator, environmental remediation, cargo delivery, macroscopic assembly, and sensing/detection. This review focuses on chemically propelled macroscopic smart devices, which are able to move autonomously in water or on air-water surface by chemical reactions/gradients. The design principles for generating propulsion force including chemical powered propulsion system, matrices with functional structures, and asymmetric structure designs, are introduced, as well as motion mechanisms. Based on the concept of ‘functionally cooperating systems’, vigorous progress in practical applications of macroscopic smart devices propelled by chemical energy has been demonstrated.
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