Advances and Recent Trends in Functional Membranes and Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 189
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane technology
Interests: liquid chromatography; environmental analytical chemistry; environmental analysis; sample preparation; chromatography; mass spectrometry; high-performance liquid chromatography; analytical chemistry instrumentation; analytical method development; extraction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The role of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes as functional materials used in water treatment is essential for meeting the highest standards (gold standards) regarding the quality of drinking water and water intended for specific industries (pharmaceutical and electronic). Their application in the removal of new organic-origin pollutants has been confirmed since their separation ability was proven to be very effective in many cases. However, the challenges are still vast considering the complex rejection mechanisms of RO membranes, i.e., their separation. We hereby invite relevant research groups that deal with the development and modification of energy-saving membranes and nanostructured materials, and their characterization and application in the removal of emerging pollutants, for example, harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs) that are produced in the treatment of drinking water via the classic chlorination process.
Coupling membrane processes with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) represents the latest research trend in water treatment and its intensification, with the aim of completely removing DBPs that are formed by classical water disinfection procedures with chlorine and chlorine-like disinfectants.
This Special Issue will accept innovative research (full papers and short communications) and review manuscripts that cover (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Structural characterization of functional membranes;
- Application of functional membranes for water treatment (emerging pollutants, disinfection by-products, etc.);
- Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for environmental applications;
- Coupling of membrane processes and AOPs for advanced water treatment (emerging pollutants, disinfection by-products, etc.).
Prof. Dr. Krešimir Košutić
Prof. Dr. Sandra Babic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- membranes
- water treatment
- environmental applications
- pollutants
- disinfection by-products
- adsorption
