Two-Dimensional Materials and Membranes Technologies
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Fabrication and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 2D material membranes; ion-ion separation; nanofiltration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as a revolutionary class of nanomaterials with exceptional structural, physicochemical, and mechanical properties. Their atomically thin nature, tunable surface chemistry, and well-defined interlayer structures offer unique opportunities for membrane-based separation and energy conversion applications. Over the past decade, tremendous progress has been made in designing and fabricating 2D-material-based membranes, including graphene oxide, MXenes, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), layered double hydroxides (LDHs), and beyond. These membranes have demonstrated superior selectivity, permeability, and stability, pushing the boundaries of conventional membrane technologies in water treatment, gas separation, ion sieving, and environmental remediation.
This Special Issue on “Two-Dimensional Materials and Membranes Technologies” aims to gather high-quality original research articles and reviews that highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis, modification, and application of 2D material-based membranes. Particular attention will be given to works that explore fundamental transport mechanisms, structural-property relationships, scalable fabrication methods, and integration of 2D membranes into practical separation and energy systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Synthesis and structural engineering of novel 2D nanomaterials for membrane applications
- 2D membranes for gas separation, water purification, desalination, and ion separation
- Nanoconfined transport phenomena and selectivity mechanisms in 2D channels
- Hybrid or composite membranes combining 2D materials with polymers or other frameworks
Dr. Liheng Dai
Dr. Kai Qu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- two-dimensional materials
- 2D membranes
- ion sieving
- water purification
- gas separation
- energy storage and conversion
- deslination
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