Polymeric Materials for Water/Wastewater Treatment Applications (Second Edition)
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 192
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer-enhancing biological wastewater treatment process; polymer-based solid-phase denitrification; bio-adsorption and biodegradation; nitrogen and phosphorus removal and recovery
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Interests: water treatment; membrane technology; membrane fouling; transparent exopolymerparticles (TEP) formation and fouling; model of membrane fouling
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Interests: poly aluminum chloride; chemical-aided biological wastewater treatment
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Interests: inorganic polymer coagulant; organic polymer coagulant; coagulation science and technology
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Interests: environmental functional materials; polymer nanocomposite; natural polysaccharides; advanced hydrogel; adsorption; water treatment and purification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water/wastewater pollution has become a global environmental crisis, posing an immense threat to both the natural environment and human health. With the rapid development of material science and technology, materials now display excellent performance and have thus gained increasingly broad applications in the field of water/wastewater pollution control. Polymers, as one of the most important groups of functional materials, mainly include various natural and man-made materials, such as polymer blends, films, fibers, and porous materials as well as nanocomposites and hybrid nanomaterials. In recent years, polymeric materials have exhibited great potential for employment in water/wastewater treatment applications due to their high molecular weight, complex structure, large surface area and unique physicochemical properties.
Based on the above information, we intend to publish a Special Issue on “Polymeric Materials for Water/Wastewater Treatment Applications”, which will be published in the journal Polymers. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for researchers to disseminate recent advances in the fundamentals, science and technology of polymeric materials for use in water and wastewater treatment. High-quality original articles, review articles, and short communications related to the following areas are encouraged:
- Polymeric coagulants and adsorbents for water/wastewater purification;
- Polymeric separation membranes for water/wastewater treatment and reuse;
- Polymeric materials for enhancing biological water/wastewater treatment;
- Fabrication, modification and characterization of polymeric materials for water/wastewater treatment;
• Other polymeric-material-related applications for pollutant removal and detection in water/wastewater (filtration, catalytic oxidation and sensors).
Prof. Dr. Xin Zhou
Dr. Shujuan Meng
Dr. Bin Ji
Dr. Peng Zhang
Dr. Wei Zhang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- water purification
- wastewater treatment and reuse
- pollutant removal and detection
- preparation and characterization of polymers
- functional polymers
- flocculant and coagulant
- adsorbent and adsorption process
- membrane materials for separation
- sedimentation and chelation
- catalyst
- solid-phase denitrification
- bio-adsorption
- biodegradation
- biofiller
