Research in Advanced Antifouling Membranes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 139
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface modification; antifouling membranes; oil/water separation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute an article for a Special Issue entitled "Research in Advanced Antifouling Membranes" for the journal Membranes.
Membranes and membrane-based separations have been widely applied in the fields as diverse as water purification, healthcare technology, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, etc. However, inevitable surface fouling makes traditional membranes commonly suffer from severe declines in membrane permeance and separation efficiency, as well as membrane lifespan. Developing advanced antifouling membranes to achieve sustainable and efficient separation processes is highly desired, but always challenging.
This Special Issue aims to shine light on ongoing and future research in Advanced Antifouling Membranes. We are interested in underlining advanced technologies, innovative methods, and new materials for developing antifouling membranes. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: the material and structure design of antifouling membranes, polymeric and inorganic antifouling membranes, biomimetic superwetting membranes, membrane applications in oil/water separation, molecular separation, desalination, membrane distillation, etc., as well as theoretical study on antifouling membranes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Shoujian Gao
Prof. Dr. Jia Xu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- antifouling membrane
- membrane material design
- membrane structure optimization
- surface modification
- superwettability
- oil/water separation
- molecular separation
- desalination
- membrane distillation
- antifouling mechanism
