Novel Application of Films and Coatings for Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Aspects in Colloid and Interface Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 621
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analytical electrochemistry; electrochemical sensors and biosensors; wastewater treatment; electrochemical materials; cyclic voltammetry; square wave voltammetry; surface analysis techniques
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Interests: photovoltaic; solar radiation; solar thermal; semiconductors; DFT
Interests: analytical electrochemistry; electrochemical sensors and biosensors; wastewater treatment; electrochemical materials; cyclic voltammetry; square wave voltammetry; surface analysis techniques
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial activities pose a major challenge to the management of water contaminated by organic and inorganic pollutants and microorganisms. However, various wastewater treatment technologies that provide effective solutions to this problem have emerged. Theoretical and experimental developments in the application of functional materials as coating materials (e.g., carbon nanotubes/composites, graphene, nanoparticles, carbon nanofibers/nanotubes and nanoporous materials, oxides, etc.) play a central role in the advancement of these technologies due to their highly tunable properties and functions. This renewed interest in new coatings and films has led to the exploration of experimental and modelling activities in wastewater treatment and the detection of pollutants by novel sensors and biosensors.
The aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Novel Application of Films and Coatings for Wastewater Treatment”, is to promote and publish recent studies on wastewater treatment and the detection of organic and inorganic pollutants. The scope of this Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Processes for coating deposition and modification;
- Coating materials produced by different processes;
- The theoretical and computational modelling of surfaces and interfaces;
- DFT and experimental research based on thin films with regard to advances in wastewater treatment and the detection of pollutants by new sensors and biosensors;
- Coatings for high temperatures;
- The fundamental and functional properties of surface and interfaces;
- Novel smart coatings for wastewater treatment;
- New biopolymers for sustainable films and coatings;
- Surface modification of sensors for the detection of organic and inorganic pollutants.
Prof. Dr. Charaf Laghlimi
Prof. Dr. Younes Ziat
Dr. Abdelaziz Moutcine
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coating
- wastewater treatment
- surface modifications
- functional materials
- thin-film nanocomposite
- nanocoatings
- DFT
- sensors and biosensors
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