Advanced Porous Materials and Membrane Technologies for Separation Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: porous membrane, separation, energy conversion and storage, biosensor
Interests: Porous nanomaterials; separation; MIP;
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Special Issue Information
The increasing demand for efficient and selective separation technologies in fields such as environmental remediation, energy conversion, pharmaceutical purification, and water treatment has driven the development of functional materials with high structural precision. Among them, mesoporous materials and membrane systems have emerged as powerful platforms due to their high surface areas, tunable pore structures, and customizable surface chemistries. These features allow for fine-tuned control over ion transport, molecular sieving, and gas permeation, enabling next-generation solutions for selective separation challenges.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences invites original research articles and comprehensive reviews focused on the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of mesoporous materials and membrane-based technologies for selective separation. Topics may include, but are not limited to, ion-selective membranes, molecular recognition, gas separation, membrane fabrication strategies, hybrid porous structures, and simulation or modeling of transport phenomena. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary work that bridges materials science, chemistry, and engineering to solve practical separation problems.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive overview of current advances while identifying key challenges and future directions in the field of mesoporous and membrane-based separation technologies.
Dr. Yanan Huang
Prof. Dr. Jianming Pan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mesoporous materials
- hybrid membrane
- ion-selective
- molecular separation
- gas separation
- porous nanomaterials
- functional interfaces
- adsorption and diffusion
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