Best Paper Award

Membranes Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 2 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

 
Membranes Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Membranes will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

55 pages, 6736 KiB  
Review
A Review on Ionic Liquid Gas Separation Membranes
by Karel Friess, Pavel Izák, Magda Kárászová, Mariia Pasichnyk, Marek Lanč, Daria Nikolaeva, Patricia Luis and Johannes Carolus Jansen
Membranes 2021, 11(2), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11020097 - 30 Jan 2021
14 pages, 3933 KiB  
Article
Orodispersible Membranes from a Modified Coaxial Electrospinning for Fast Dissolution of Diclofenac Sodium
by Tingbao Ning, Yangjian Zhou, Haixia Xu, Shiri Guo, Ke Wang and Deng-Guang Yu
Membranes 2021, 11(11), 802; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11110802 - 21 Oct 2021
28 pages, 19291 KiB  
Article
Removing of the Sulfur Compounds by Impregnated Polypropylene Fibers with Silver Nanoparticles-Cellulose Derivatives for Air Odor Correction
by Aurelia Cristina Nechifor, Simona Cotorcea, Constantin Bungău, Paul Constantin Albu, Dumitru Pașcu, Ovidiu Oprea, Alexandra Raluca Grosu, Andreia Pîrțac and Gheorghe Nechifor
Membranes 2021, 11(4), 256; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11040256 - 1 Apr 2021

Winner

Muhammad Roil Bilad
Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia
Elorm Obotey Ezugbe
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa

Award Committee

Prof. Spas Kolev Chairman
The University of Melbourne

Winner

Natalia Pismenskaya
Department of Physical Chemistry, Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya st., 350040 Krasnodar, Russia
Athanasios Chatzitakis
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, FERMiO, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway

Award Committee

Prof. Spas Kolev Chairman
The University of Melbourne

Winner

Ludwig Erik Aguilar
Department of Bionanosystem Engineering, Graduate School, Chonbuk National University, Korea paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/3/62
Isabel C. Escobar
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/8/2/23
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