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A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Membranes and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2024 | Viewed by 628
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer physics; thermodynamics; phase diagram; phase behavior; polymeric materials; polymeric membranes; polymeric powders; differential scanning calorimetry; scanning electron microscopy; optical microscopy
Interests: membrane design; membrane fabrication; membrane-based separation processes; high-throughput techniques; industry oriented applications
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Interests: semicrystalline polymer; phase diagram; phase behavior; structure evolution; polymeric materials; scanning electron microscopy; differential scanning calorimetry; optical microscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a sustainable approach, the membrane separation is playing an increasingly important role for the processing and recovery of target compounds from various gas and liquid streams due to its lower energy cost, footprint, and flexibility in operation. The majority of membranes used in separation processes are based on amorphous and semicrystalline polymers. This Special Issue entitled “Development and Applications of Polymeric Membranes for Separation” will cover both the fundamental and applied aspects of polymeric membrane preparation and application, including but not limited to:
- The structure evolution and phase behavior of the polymeric systems during the membrane formation by nonsolvent- and vapor-induced phase separation (NIPS, VIPS) methods, as well as the thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method, and their combination;
- Mechanisms of structure formation of the membranes in the phase separation processes induced by changing the temperature and/or nonsolvent addition;
- Novel approaches to the formation of polymeric membranes, including the focus on sustainability such as the use of green solvents or solvent-free methods;
- Novel membrane materials, including mixed matrix membranes and polymer–polymer blends;
- Gas and liquid separation and membrane contactors.
Both original research and review articles are welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Konstantin V. Pochivalov
Dr. Alexey V. Volkov
Dr. Andrey V. Basko
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. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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
- polymeric membrane
- membrane fabrication
- phase behaviour
- structure formation
- gas separation
- liquid separation
