Advanced Membrane Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: Low-Cost Materials, Characterization and Modeling
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Water Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 213
Special Issue Editors
Interests: porous ceramic membranes; geomaterial-based filtration systems; model-driven porosimetric characterization; wastewater treatment; low-cost porous materials; membrane microstructure & modeling; environmental materials engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: membrane characterization; low-cost porous materials; advanced ceramic composites for environmental applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membrane-based wastewater treatment technologies are rapidly evolving due to increasing demands for sustainable, low-energy and cost-effective separation processes. Despite these advances, several scientific and industrial challenges remain unresolved, particularly regarding the development of bioinspired materials, low-cost membranes and the accurate characterization of hierarchical porous structures.
This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality original research and reviews focusing on innovative membrane technologies for wastewater treatment, emphasizing:
- Bioinspired and sustainable membrane materials
Including clay-based, biomass-derived, nature-inspired templates and geomaterials.
- Low-cost membrane fabrication routes
Adapted to emerging economies, industry constraints and decentralized treatment systems.
- Model-driven porosity and microstructure analysis
A key novelty of this Special Issue is the integration of pore-scale modeling, porosimetric simulations and advanced microstructure characterization (e.g., Young–Laplace modeling, Kelvin-based analysis, Gibbs–Thomson porosimetry, NMR, DSC).
- Hybrid and multifunctional membranes
Combining natural materials, nanomaterials and bioinspired additives.
- Energy-efficient wastewater treatment
Including novel processes, module design and performance optimization.
- AI and data-driven tools
For predicting membrane performance, fouling mechanisms and pore structure.
This Special Issue will address key academic and industrial needs by highlighting emerging techniques, new materials, modeling approaches and sustainable membrane processes.
Dr. Abdelmjid Bouazizi
Dr. Mohamed Douma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-cost membrane materials
- bioinspired membranes
- wastewater treatment
- porosimetric modeling
- pore size distribution
- ceramic and geomaterial membranes
- membrane microstructure
- capillary flow porometry
- NMR/DSC porosimetry
- hybrid membranes
- AI for membrane design
- energy-efficient filtration
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