Preparation, Characterization, and Application of Advanced Separation Membrane Materials
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Fabrication and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1532
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced porous materials; liquid separation membranes; membrane process intensification; smart membrane technology and sustainable membrane processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the past decade, the scientific community has shown great enthusiasm for the research of advanced separation membrane materials. Very recently, crystalline materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with large surface area, diverse functionality, and excellent chemical stability have been regarded as an emerging member in the family of advanced separation membrane materials. The availability of these advanced separation membrane materials has also experienced impressive growth over the past decade that finds a prolific manifestation in numerous energy and environmental applications. Despite the exciting achievements in the field of advanced separation membrane materials, challenges still exist. The studies on emerging advanced separation membrane materials are still in the infant stage. Large-scale production of advanced separation membrane materials with high quality and controlled structure has yet to be realized for ultimate industrialization. Furthermore, the precise manipulation of thicknesses, functionalities, topologies, and crystal phases of advanced separation membrane materials as well as advanced characterization are still of challenge. The commercialization of advanced separation membrane materials in daily life will be a major milestone and we still need to contribute nonstop efforts to achieve this goal. Targeting these goals, here, we are pleased to invite you to submit your research for publication in a Special Issue on “Preparation, Characterization, and Application of Advanced Separation Membrane Materials”.
This special issue aims to provide the recent advances in the field of advanced separation membrane materials. We strongly believe that this issue will benefit researchers in diverse fields. We hope this issue could provide the readers with some representative and exciting views regarding the new developments and applications of advanced separation membrane materials.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Development of new materials for membrane separation
- Novel fabrication processes and scale-up technologies for advanced separation membranes
- Advanced characterization technologies for membranes
- Precisely manipulation of physical/chemical structures of membranes
- Analysis of mass transfer mechanisms in membranes
- Stimuli-responsive smart membrane materials and applications
- Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted membrane processes
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hao Yang
Dr. Meidi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced membrane materials
- membrane preparation
- membrane characterization
- membrane scale-up
- smart membranes
- sustainable membrane processes
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