Advances in Membranes Fabricated via Electrospinning
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 454
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of nanomembranes made from nanofibers has received increased attention in the past few years. The electrospinning technique has been the most commonly used technique to prepare nanofiber mats and electrospun nanofibrous membranes.
Recent studies on the functionalization strategies of electrospun nanofibrous membranes have paved the way for achieving the efficient and selective removal of a wide range of molecules from an aqueous solution. A functionalized electrospun membrane not only performs microfiltration by molecular-size cutoff, but the functional groups added can also simultaneously capture and remove toxic metal ions, soluble proteins, viruses, or cells from the filtrate. As a consequence, affinity membranes with the potential for application in the removal of any kind of particles or contaminants can easily be fabricated.
Owing to the flexibility of the electrospinning process, electrospun membranes can be designed for targeted liquid filtration applications by properly choosing fiber materials, morphology, and further specific moieties. The addition of functional groups may occur directly into the polymer solution before electrospinning or successively by grafting active species on the fiber surface.
This Special Issue aims to serve as a platform for researchers to share new outputs on electrospun membranes; original research articles, reviews, and case reports are welcomed.
Dr. Peng Gao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrospinning
- electrospun nanofibers
- membrane
- desalination
- nanowebs
- polymeric membranes
- surface properties
- water treatment
