Novel Functional Materials for Enhanced Pollutant Removal in Environmental Systems: Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanisms

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to participate in a Special Issue of the journal Materials, entitled ‘Novel Functional Materials for Enhanced Pollutant Removal in Environmental Systems: Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanisms’.

We are aware of the need to preserve natural ecosystems, and, within that, to eliminate the pollutants that damage them. We are also mindful of the difficulty of carrying out this task and the need to contribute new ideas to achieve it. Therefore, we will need new materials that enable greater efficiency, broader application diversity, and sustainability. For this reason, we want to dedicate this Special Issue to novel materials.

Many different materials could be used in decontamination. The most common are adsorbents, catalysts used in advanced oxidation processes, and ultrafiltration membranes. All of these and others that meet the above objective are welcome for discussion in this Special Issue.

We are seeking publications that, in addition to presenting novel materials, also describe their synthesis methods and characterization, and that include a demonstration of their ability to eliminate contaminants. In addition, authors are asked to contribute possible mechanisms of action for these materials to advance knowledge.

Publications may take the form of original research articles or review articles.

Prof. Dr. Carlos Javier Duran-Valle
Prof. Dr. Ignacio López-Coca
Guest Editors

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