Multifunctional Antifouling Membranes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 241
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membrane-based processes are widely considered as crucial technologies for augmenting freshwater supply due to their compactness, modularity, reliability, and high energy efficiency. Despite the wide range of applications for seawater and brackish water desalination, and for wastewater reuse, fouling remains a major challenge for membrane processes. The detrimental effects of membrane fouling, such as reduced water flux, increased energy consumption, and shorter membrane lifetime, have led to extensive efforts to design and construct multifunctional antifouling membranes to prevent the adsorption of various foulants. We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to our Special Issue titled “Multifunctional Antifouling Membranes” which aims to cover recent advances in state-of-the-art multifunctional membrane construction to combat fouling issues (organic fouling, biofouling, scaling, etc.).
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Membrane fabrication/modification using advanced materials;
- Membrane hierarchical structure manipulation;
- Membrane module and reactor design;
- Integration of water treatment processes;
- Other schemes to improve membrane fouling resistance.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Caihong Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antifouling membranes
- multifunctional surface construction
- advanced membrane materials
- membrane organic fouling
- membrane biofouling
- membrane scaling
- process integration
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