Design and Structural Characterization of Graphene-Based Membranes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2024) | Viewed by 231
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Interests: graphene-based membranes; wastewater treatment; organic solvent nanofilteration
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Dear Colleagues,
Graphene-based membranes are attracting increasing interest from the scientific community. Many works describe the use of graphene and its derivatives for membrane fabrication. These materials can be used as they are or mixed with polymers, ceramic or other 2D materials to obtain composite membranes. These membranes find application in a wide range of fields, from water treatment to gas separation, from food industry to energy harvesting. However, the scale-up of graphene-based membranes still needs scientific effort. Efficient and innovative design solutions, together with standardized structural characterizations, are mandatory to reach the technology readiness level for industrial application. In this sense, the choice of the materials, an engineered design of the membranes and a deep structural characterization can make the difference between scale-up and failure.
This Special Issue on “Design and Structural Characterization of Graphene-Based Membranes” invites contributions to appraise state-of-the-art developments in the field of graphene-based membranes, including graphene derivatives and graphene-based composite membranes.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) membrane design methodologies, structural characterization methods, membrane properties tuning through chemical and physical modification of graphene and its derivatives, large-scale production methods, new design solutions of self-standing or composite membranes, performance improvement through structural design and scale-up results and challenges.
Dr. Abozar Akbari
Dr. Alessandro Pedico
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- graphene
- graphene oxide
- functionalization
- self-standing membranes
- composite membranes
- structural characterization
- design methods and innovative solutions
- scale-up methods and testing
- properties tuning and performance improvement
- simulations
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