Biological and Biomimetic Membranes: New Materials and Emerging Processes 2021
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membrane Functions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 8620
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomimetic membranes for biosensor and separation (filtering) applications; membrane engineering; forward osmosis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The last decade witnessed a strong interest in new membrane materials and processes. While the last century witnessed productive synergy between physics/chemistry and engineering, this century is likely to witness the development of novel technology driven by synergy between biology and engineering. Successful advances in membrane development will be based on atomistic insights gained from fundamental structural and functional studies of molecular structures capable of efficient separation.
A particularly promising area is research within membrane materials and membrane processes, where new technologies are inspired directly or indirectly by the natural membrane realm. One manifestation of this in membrane material development is based on using additives—either in the form of natural proteins or artificially made molecules with desired sensing and separation properties—in the polymeric matrix. Another manifestation is based on the de novo design of membrane functionalities with cues taken from one or more specific biological molecular structures.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight recent advances in biomimetic membrane materials and designs. We welcome original research papers and review articles related to the design of, materials for, and methods for the synthesis of biomimetic membranes.
Prof. Dr. Claus Hélix-Nielsen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomimetics
- selective permeability
- biomolecular sensing
- de novo functional membrane design
- passive and active transport
- new materials
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