Latest Novelties in Smart Materials for Environmental Remediation and Wastewater Management
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart materials have evolved into revolutionary solutions for environmental remediation, driven by innovations such as stimuli-responsive pollutant capture systems and self-regenerative catalytic platforms that enable precise contaminant removal and sustainable resource recovery in critical fields like wastewater treatment and ecosystem restoration. This Special Issue highlights cutting-edge materials, including stimuli-responsive polymers, nano-engineered composites, bio-inspired adsorbents, and photocatalytic hybrids, that offer enhanced efficiency, selectivity, and recyclability in pollutant detection, capture, and degradation. Contributions will explore smart materials for advanced filtration, real-time monitoring systems, energy-efficient desalination, and resource recovery. Emphasis is placed on scalability, cost-effectiveness, and integration with emerging technologies for predictive remediation. Submissions may encompass experimental breakthroughs, computational modeling, lifecycle assessments, or engineering-scale case studies, with a dedicated focus on bridging laboratory innovations to practical applications. This initiative seeks to establish smart material-driven paradigms for wastewater treatment, advancing sustainable development goals in zero-waste water treatment and watershed ecosystem restoration.
Dr. Yuan Jiao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart materials
- nanocomposites
- pollutant removal
- catalytic degradation
- sustainable technologies
- resource recovery
- water purification
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