Ion and Molecule Transport in Membrane Systems, 6th Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 251
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ion-exchange membranes; structure-property relationships; transport phenomena; experiment; modelling
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Interests: Ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) and electrodialysis processes; transport phenomena in systems with IEMs; concentration polarization; limiting current; coupled phenomena of concentration polarization (water splitting, electroconvection, gravitation convection, etc.); application of pulsed electric field modes; IEM characterization (structure–properties relationship, current–voltage characteristics, chronopotentiommetry) and modification; IEM scaling; scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM); electroconvection visualization techniques and other experimental techniques development for IEM and membrane system investigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue seeks to collect high-quality original research articles and reviews from various fields of research that explore various aspects of membrane science at the molecular level.
This Special Issue encompasses a wide range of topics in the field of membrane science. We welcome papers presenting experimental studies and mathematical modeling that advance our understanding of the mechanisms of ion and molecule transport in artificial and living membrane systems under different driving forces, such as gradients of electric potential, pressure, concentration, and temperature. Studies that explore similarities in the behavior of biological and artificial membranes, and biomimetic structural features of artificial membranes, are of great interest. The scope of this Special Issue covers descriptions of ion and molecule transport through all kinds of membranes; the impact on membrane properties on the performance of separation processes (desalination, concentration of solutions, recovery of targeted species from artificial, industrial and natural mixed solutions); and the operation of batteries, fuel cells and electrolysis. We are especially interested in contributions that address generalities and case studies in the field of membrane material structure–properties relationships; physicochemical and chemicophysical aspects of ion and molecule transport in different processes; equilibria and the kinetics of transport processes in membrane systems; the coupling of ion and molecule transport with chemical reactions and catalysis; the impact of forced, gravitational, and electric current-induced convection on ions and molecule transport; the development and characterization of new membrane-integrated processes and devices; and the combination and hybridization of membrane processes and other aspects of membrane science.
Prof. Dr. Victor V. Nikonenko
Dr. Dmitrii Butylskii
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ion and molecular transport
- physical chemistry
- chemical physics
- transport mechanisms
- living systems
- biological and artificial membranes
- biomimetic structure
- structure–property relationships
- thermodynamics
- irreversible thermodynamics
- equilibriums
- kinetics
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