Preparation and Application of New Gel Adsorption Materials
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 60
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochar adsorption, flocculation, electrochemistry and other water pollution control technologies; new energy storage technology based on solid waste resources; new ecological agriculture model and supporting technology for solid waste resource recycling
Interests: environmental pollution and remediation (rice ionomics and cadmium-reducing leaf fertilizer products); environmental photochemistry of surface waters (photochemistry of iron carboxylate complex and nanobubble); application of advanced oxidation processes for pollution remediation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the vast field of materials science, gel adsorbents are playing an increasingly critical role because of their unique structures and excellent properties. In order to comprehensively and deeply discuss the frontier of progress in this field, we have carefully prepared this Special Issue titled "Preparation and Application of New Gel Adsorption Materials".
This Special Issue aims to build a high-level platform of academic exchange, bring together the expertise of global researchers in gel adsorbent research, promote the coming together of academic ideas, and to promote the development of gel adsorbents from theoretical research to practical application.
We warmly welcome contributions from authors on the following topics: the synthesis and preparation of novel gel adsorbents, such as the development of novel polymerization techniques and the introduction of unique functional groups to achieve the optimization of performance; exploring the adsorption mechanism of the gel adsorbent, revealing the interaction mechanism in the adsorption process at the microscopic level; innovative applications in water and air purification, biomedicine, the food industry and other fields; and strategies improving the stability, regeneration, and other key properties of the gel adsorbents.
We look forward to working with you to present the latest trends in the field of gel adsorbents and contribute to scientific research.
Dr. Yun Deng
Dr. Changbo Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerogels
- hydrogels
- membranes
- films
- adsorbents
- removal
- environmental science
- novel gels
- wastewater treatment
- microplastic adsorption
- drug adsorption/release
- water-retaining agents
- fertilizers
- pollutant removal
- soil nutrients
- air purification
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