Facile fabrication of biobased porous material via the photocuring technique and a template-assisted approach for oil/water separation

UV-curable polyurethane-acrylate hybrids made by a prepolymer-free process and free-standing polymer–metal oxide films made in a wholly water-based UV curing process

“…5,6 Recently, their applications have been reported in biomedicines, 7 roll-to-roll printing of adhesive layers for transferring complex microstructures 8 and oil-water separation technologies. 9 Over the years the UV curing process has evolved and expanded into emerging areas like additive manufacturing. [10][11][12] Conventionally, aqueous polyurethane dispersions 13,14 or reactive diluents are used in UV curing applications.…”

“…In order to achieve an optimum performance of cured substrates in terms of hardness, and resistance to scratch, solvent, and stain, a higher concentration of acrylate functionalities is needed. 1,16 As the process offers enormous promise in some emerging areas like the photocurable direct-ink-writing method, 9 significant improvements are needed in the development of photocurable components.…”