Advanced Materials for Remediation of Environmental Pollutants

Dear Colleagues,

Today, the global environment is continuously dealing with an increasing amount of pollutants, including inorganic and organic compounds, micro- and nanoplastics, oils, heavy metals, paints, and surfactants, which enhance global warming. Due to their increasing presence, many fields of science are developing methods to mitigate the effects caused by these pollutants, as well as methods to improve their detection. Advanced materials can help to ensure a clean environment in a sustainable and friendly way. As such, nanomaterials have proven to be an interesting approach in treating pollutants. Organic pollutants are also a major factor in the current problem of environmental pollution, and research has found that certain materials can be created that enhance and catalyze photodegradation of organic pollutants. Polymers are of great interest in oil spill remediation, and as well as these nanowire membranes have been created that selectively bind with oils up to 20 times the weight ratio of water and can be resuspended in solution and be used again for multiple cycles. Sensing of pollutants has become important in developing ways to deal with them and supramolecular molecules have been developed which selectively bind to the specific pollutant of interest which can then be detected.

Environmental pollutants represent an important factor in the development of new materials, for finding innovative synthesis and technological solutions, as well as understanding the relationships of functional properties, which may all be reflected in your scientific contributions to this Special Issue. The forthcoming Special Issue of Materials, "Advanced Materials for Remediation of Environmental Pollutants", aims to follow the new advances in this field of research. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute your research article, communication or review for this Special Issue.

Dr. Mioara Petrus
Dr. Cristina Achim
Dr. Ana Bratu
Guest Editors

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