Surface Modification and Performance Enhancement of Polymer Membranes and Films
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Surfaces and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2023) | Viewed by 1800
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface engineering; special wettability; membrane separation; phase separation; porous polymers; additive manufacturing
Interests: membrane science and engineering; integrated membrane processes; desalination; water purification; interfacial polymerization; mixed matrix membranes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Surface Modification and Performance Enhancement of Polymer Membranes and Films”. Polymer membranes play a significant role in a wide range of industrial processes from desalination, wastewater treatment and reclamation to food and pharmaceutical production. Despite their huge successes, membrane-based separation processes are still highly energy-intensive and require frequent maintenance due to the inherent limitations of conventional membranes. Addressing these problems demands the development of novel strategies for a new generation of membranes with substantially enhanced performances. Surface engineering is a powerful approach to confer polymer membranes with advanced properties including, inter alia, anti-fouling, anti-scaling, anti-wetting, and switchable permeability. Methods including coating, grafting, plasma, UV irradiation and chemical treatment have been progressively developed to manipulate the interfacial properties of polymer membranes, which significantly improved the efficiency of many membrane filtration processes. These advances also open up exciting functionalities and possibilities for membranes in new applications from adaptive separation and directional liquid transport to energy harvesting.
This Special Issue aims to report the latest developments in the surface engineering of polymer membranes and films for advanced performances and applications. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Novel strategies for surface engineering;
- Development of surface characterization techniques;
- Fundamental mechanisms behind interfacial properties and membrane performances;
- Simulation and modeling of membrane fouling/wetting;
- New application areas for membranes with special wettability.
Dr. Zheqin Dong
Prof. Dr. Zhen-Liang 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
- membrane surface
- surface engineering
- polymer materials
- functional coatings
- chemical modification
- responsive membranes
- surface wettability
- anti-fouling
- anti-wetting
