The Development Trends in Multifunctional Surface Engineering of Ultrafiltration Membranes for Wastewater Treatment and Resources Recovery
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Engineering and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2023) | Viewed by 312
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochemistry; water-energy nexus; microbial nanotechnology; renewable energy and membranes
Interests: desalination; nanomaterials; sustainability; water–energy nexus; membrane fabrication and surface chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This issue focuses on new research that improves the efficiency and/ or mitigates the fouling of ultrafiltration membranes by modifying their surfaces. Many methods might be used to accomplish this goal, including but not limited to chemical reactions, plasma, UV irradiation, grafting, and coating. These techniques could be attributed to positively enhancing the smoothness nature, surface charge, and wettability of the membrane. Due to its tremendous influence on the process parameters, membrane fouling is a great challenge in the separation process that should be considered in various membrane technologies. Considering the growing interest in the ideas of sustainability, and circular economy, it is in our best interest to extend the lifecycle of membrane materials, by dealing with negative factors—such as fouling. Its mitigation is a major issue not only in almost all pressure-driven membrane processes but also in membrane reactors. This Special Issue is a knowledge platform gathering all recent advances in the broad scope of enhancing performance and/or antifouling properties of membranes through multifunctional surface engineering: articles, case studies, reviews, and communications are welcome and held in high regard.
Dr. Ahmed M. Elmekawy
Dr. Hanaa M. Hegab
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fouling-resistant ultrafiltration membranes
- surface modification routes
- extend the membrane's lifetime
- UV irradiation of ultrafiltration membranes
- plasma surface modification
- grafting membrane’s surface
- coating membrane’s surface
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