Membrane Systems for Metal Ion Extraction, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Other Areas".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ionic liquid-based extraction; deep eutectic solvent-based extraction
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Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to submit your research for publication in a Special Issue on "Membrane Systems for Metal Ion Extraction, 2nd Edition". Two years ago, the first edition of the Special Issue was organized. Since then, remarkable progress has been made with the recent appearance of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents.
Even today, water pollution has not sufficiently improved, and one of the causes is the increase in the concentration of toxic metal ions in the environment. Toxic metals are believed to be caused by so-called transboundary pollution due to atmospheric transport, accumulation in fish and other organisms, transfer associated with trade in products, etc. Metal adsorption using activated carbon and other methods to improve water quality has high running costs, one promising technology is the separation and concentration of metals using membranes.
In this Special Issue, we welcome a wide range of submissions on metal separation using support liquid membranes, polymer inclusion membranes, natural polymer membranes such as chitosan, synthetic polymer membranes, and electrodialysis membranes.
Prof. Dr. Michiaki Matsumoto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal separation
- ionic liquid
- deep eutectic solvent
- liquid membrane
- electrodialysis
- reverse osmosis
- nanofiltration
- extraction
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