Advanced Membrane Technologies for Pollutant Removal and Resource Recovery
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Other Areas".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced separation membrane
Interests: molecularly imprinted hydrogel
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of global water scarcity and environmental degradation, advanced membrane technologies have emerged as pivotal tools for addressing the dual challenges of pollutant elimination and sustainable resource recovery. Conventional separation processes often face limitations in selectivity, energy efficiency, and scalability, particularly when targeting trace contaminants or recovering high-value components from complex matrices. This Special Issue aims to spotlight cutting-edge innovations in multifunctional composite membrane design and precision-driven pollutant recognition/separation mechanisms, bridging the gap between material science, environmental engineering, and circular economy principles.
This Special Issue seeks high-quality contributions that explore rational design strategies for composite membranes and their selective molecular/ionic recognition capabilities toward pollutants (e.g., heavy metals, micropollutants, microplastics) and resource recovery targets (e.g., critical ions, organic acids, nutrients), etc.
Dr. Chao Yu
Dr. Yao Zhu
Dr. Jia Gao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- delayed phase inversion method
- mixed matrix membrane
- molecularly imprinting membrane
- Janus membrane
- catalytic membrane
- selective separation
- hydrogen peroxide
- PVDF
- 2D material
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