主要译著者：Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications
出版机构：Wiley-VCH
出版日期：2018
Consecutive natural evolution has provided extensive inspiration and innovation for human beings in diverse fields, such as material surface modification. Mussel-inspired dopamine has become the unprecedented representative to realize a multifunctional surface coating engineering due to the robust adhesion and substrate-independent merits of polymerized polydopamine (PDA). This chapter briefly summarizes the polymerization issues, its structure, adhesion mechanism, stability, and its derivate surface modification methods of PDA, which typically possesses the secondary reactive activity. It can be further decorated with various amino- and thiol-containing species via Michael-type addition and Schiff base reactions, functionalized through metal chelating or redox abilities, or co-deposited with various specific molecules with desirable functions such as multi-response. Then, the properties of the acid–alkali stability, ultraviolet resistance, and carbon precursor are introduced. Taken its aforementioned merits, afterward, this chapter presents and focuses on the wastewater treatment applications of the mussel-inspired engineering, including the oil/water separation and removal and degradation of heavy metal and organic pollutants. It can be seen that PDA-based engineering has endowed extensive materials with excellent and desirable performances, tremendously accelerating the advances of the toolbox of surface modification and the practical applications of PDA. At last, crucial challenges are proposed for further research in the outlook.