Recent Advances in Porous Inorganic and Reticulate Matter Membranes for Sustainable Separation
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editor
Interests: inorganic membranes; microstructure manipulation; sustainable synthesis; gas separation; pervaporation; electrochemical tests
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The pursuit of global carbon neutrality, water security, and green chemical processes has created unprecedented demand for advanced materials. Among these materials, porous inorganic membranes—such as those based on ceramics, zeolites, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs)—have emerged as a pivotal technology. Their exceptional thermal and chemical stability, coupled with their precisely tunable pore structures, offers immense potential for use in energy-efficient separation processes.
Despite significant progress having been made, challenges remain in translating laboratory-scale innovations into robust industrial applications. Enhancing the selectivity, permeability, and long-term operational stability of these membranes under harsh conditions is a key objective. Furthermore, developing membranes that can overcome the persistent selectivity–permeability trade-off in challenging industrial separation processes represents a major frontier of modern chemical engineering.
This Special Issue, "Recent Advances in Porous Inorganic and Reticulate Matter Membranes for Sustainable Separation", aims to showcase the latest breakthroughs and cutting-edge research in this dynamic field. We invite submissions of high-quality original research and review articles. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The novel synthesis and fabrication of porous inorganic membranes;
- Advanced characterization techniques for determining membrane structure and transport properties;
- Membrane applications in sustainable gas separation (e.g., carbon capture, hydrogen purification, light hydrocarbon separation);
- Membrane processes for water purification and resource recovery;
- Pervaporation and other liquid-phase separation processes;
- The theoretical and computational modeling of membrane performance.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Yi Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porous inorganic membranes
- membrane separation
- zeolite membranes
- metal–organic framework (MOF) membranes
- gas separation
- water purification
- pervaporation
- light hydrocarbon separation
- microstructure manipulation
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