Membranes

Membrane Application: Separation, Purification and Recovery of Metals in Industrial Wastes

edited by Paula Jungwon Choi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1119 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal recovery; membrane process; wastewater treatment; ceramic membranes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Nanoporous Framework Membranes: Structural Design and Versatile Separation

edited by Yujie Ban

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane; metal-organic frameworks; covalent-organic frameworks; hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks; supramolecular organic frameworks; structural design; versatile separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Biological Membranes

edited by

Jingjing Guo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological membranes; molecular dynamics simulations; lipid bilayers; membrane proteins; lipid– protein interactions; membrane dynamics; ion channels; membrane permeability; membrane fusion and fission; computational biophysics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Membrane Systems for Metal Ion Extraction, 2nd Edition

edited by Michiaki Matsumoto

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal separation; ionic liquid; deep eutectic solvent; liquid membrane; electrodialysis; reverse osmosis; nanofiltration; extraction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Studies in Immune Evasion and Membrane Fusion of Virus

edited by Panke Qu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: immune evasion; membrane fusion; emerging viruses; glycoproteins; host factors; fusion-peptide; glycan; structure; vaccines; antivirals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Ion-Selective Electrodes and Membrane-Based Ion Sensing Devices: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

edited by

Tingting Han

and

Li Niu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane materials; solid-contact ion-selective electrodes; ionophore-based membrane; new signal transduction proposal; wearable sensors; environmental analysis; ion sensing devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Manufacture and Functionalization Modification of Membranes for Separation

edited by Lijun Meng and

Jun Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane manufacture; membrane modification; membrane separation technique; green fabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Nanofiltration Membranes for Organic Pollutants Removal

edited by Qingquan Ma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic pollutants; nanofiltration membranes; selective separation; membrane surface modification; electrostatic interactions; membrane performance optimization; membrane technology scale-up; hybrid treatment systems; membrane process modeling; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Preparation and Application of Nanofiltration Membranes

edited by

Meiling Liu

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanofiltration; desalination; membrane fouling; organic solvent nanofiltration; interfacial polymerization; molecular separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Membrane Technology for Sustainable Environmental Applications

edited by

Gianluca Di Profio

and

Elvira Pantuso

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane operation; water recovery; nutrients separation; water desalination; sustainable technologies; hypersaline solutions; bioseparation; biogas upgrading; hydrogen separation; waste valorization; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Application of Membrane Materials in Bioseparation and Downstream Processing

edited by Wei Zhang and

Lingxue Kong

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13709 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane material; membrane chromatography; membrane filtration; bioseparation; downstream processing; charactarization; process development; process optimization; scale up; mechnisitic study; process modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Advances in Porous Membrane and Its Applications

edited by Abdelkrim Abourriche and Younes Abouliatim

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; water treatment; desalination; gas separation; membrane materials; sustainability; membrane fabrication; performance optimization; industrial applications; environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Biomolecular Interactions with Cell and Model Membranes: Integrating Biophysical Experiments and Computational Simulations

edited by

Luis Guilherme Mansor Basso

and Antônio José da Costa Filho

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomolecular interactions; model membranes; liposomes; micelles; lipid bilayers; membrane biophysics; protein– membrane interactions; peptide– membrane interactions; drug– membrane interactions; biophysical characterization; spectroscopic techniques; molecular dynamics simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Metal-Organic Framework-Based Membranes for Applications in Molecular Separation

edited by

Fan Feng

, Jie Gao and Qipeng Zhao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane separation; desalination; wastewater treatment; gas separation; gas purification; metal– organic framework; anti-fouling; MOF membranes; thin-film nanocomposite; mixed-matrix membranes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Membrane Fouling Control: Mechanism, Properties, and Applications

edited by

Rui Miao

,

Pei Wang

and Miaolu He

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3106 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane fouling control; membrane fouling mechanism; membrane filtration technology; advanced pretreatment method; hybrid filtration systems; fouling-resistant membrane; membrane surface modification; self-cleaning membrane

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Biological Membrane Dynamics and Reorganization Induced by Light Changes

edited by

Radka Vladkova

,

Sashka Krumova

and

Nia Petrova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5539 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane biophysics; thylakoid membrane dynamics; dynamic interactions and reorganization; transient complexes; dynamic changes in protein– membrane organization; protein/lipid hydrophobic mismatch as a driving force; lipid-phase induced enzyme activation; lipid sorting; protein oligomerization; molecular dynamics simulations; X-ray; cryo-EM and NMR structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Membrane Systems: From Artificial Models to Cellular Applications

edited by Tao Chen and Dongxia Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2453 | Submission Open

Keywords: model membrane; membrane protein; plasma membrane; membrane dynamics; cellular processes; molecular dynamics simulation; hybrid membrane systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Membrane Process Optimization and Membrane Design

edited by

Olawumi O. Sadare

and

Michael O. Daramola

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; membrane process; process optimization; membrane design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Carbon-Nanomaterial-Based Membranes: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application

edited by Yichen Wu,

Ming Chen

and

Charles-François de Lannoy

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; separation techniques; membrane modification; membrane process intensification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application, 2nd Edition

edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon ; adsorption ; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Interfacial Interactions of Nanoparticles and Molecular Nanostructures with Model Membrane Systems

edited by

Konstantin T. Balashev

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: monolayers; bilayers; liposomes; atomic force microscopy (AFM); fluorescence microscopy; X-ray and neutron scattering; nanoparticles; macromolecules; enzymes; protein– lipid interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Electrochemical Membranes for Micropollutant Removal

edited by Clémence Coetsier and

Clement Trellu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical membranes; micropollutants; water and wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Development, Characterization, and Application of Electrochemical Membranes for Micropollutant Removal

edited by Wenli Jiang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical membrane; micropollutants; catalytic oxidation/reduction; water and wastewater treatment; resource recovery; reactive membrane stability; membrane anti-fouling; membrane regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Polymeric Membranes Engineered for Different Separation Processes

edited by

Loreto García Fernández

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: flat-sheet membrane; hollow fiber membrane; electrospun nanofibrous membrane; mixed matrix membrane; water treatment; gas separation; membrane distillation; pervaporation; reverse/forward osmosis; micro/ultra/nanofiltration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Innovative Membrane Materials and Systems for Electrodialysis and Electro-Driven Separations

edited by

Ramato Ashu Tufa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: ion exchange membranes (IEMs); electrochemical membrane systems; electrodialysis; reverse electrodislydis; electrolysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Research Progress of Hemodialysis Membrane Technology

edited by Sumarni Mansur and

Muhammad Nidzhom Zainol Abidin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: hemodialysis membrane; uremic toxin removal; membrane fabrication; biocompatibility; surface modification; dialysate regeneration; functional membranes; advanced membrane materials; biomedical membranes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Membrane Carriers for Drug Delivery Purposes

edited by

Yosuke Senju

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid– protein interactions; extracellular vesicles (EVs); signal transduction; membrane traffic; organelle; model membranes and liposomes; receptors; channels; transporters; drug delivery system (DDS); lipid nanoparticles (LNPs); drug discovery; synthetic biology; biomimetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Composite Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation

edited by

Haiqing Lin

and Gengyi Zhang

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture; organic vapor separation; composite membranes; mixed matrix membranes; interfacial engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Gas Separation)

Biomass-Based Nanofiltration Membranes for Sustainable Chemical Separation

edited by

Xinda You

and Yanlian Xu

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 522 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; nanofiltration membrane; water purification; ionic separation; organic solvent nanofiltration; high flux and rejection; antifouling; mass transport; new separation processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Membranes Processes for Marine Environment

edited by

Philippe Moulin

and Clémence Cordier

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4674 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea water; membrane processes; industrial applications; microalgae; aquaculture; aquapony; drinking water; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; membrane distillation; purification; extraction of interest compounds; biofouling; osmotic pressure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Membrane Technologies for Water Purification

edited by

José Antonio Mendoza-Roca

,

Silvia Álvarez Blanco

and Carmen M. Sánchez-Arévalo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10967 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane processes; emergent membrane processes; water and wastewater treatment; water reclamation; pollutants removal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

New Trends in Membrane Technologies for Removal of Hazardous Pollutants

edited by Guangze Nie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technologies; hazardous pollutant removal; water– air purification; emerging contaminants; sustainable separation processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology for Efficient Membrane Separation Processes

edited by Chuanlong Ma and Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; advanced membrane; membrane separation; surface functionalization/ surface modification; nanotechnologies; water purification; catalytic membrane; membrane characterization; membrane separation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Membrane-Based Technology for Drinking Water Treatment

edited by

Bin Liu

and Guangchao Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: drinking water; combined process; membrane fabrication; emerging pollutant; operation management; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; electrodialysis membrane; catalytic membrane

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Functional Composite Membranes: Properties and Applications

edited by Qieyuan Gao and Shuai Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; energy harvesting; nanoparticles; 2D materials; integrated innovation; membrane technology alliance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Preparation and Properties of Pervaporation Composite Membranes

edited by Rui Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: pervaporation (PV); high salt wastewater; pressure driven; low energy consumption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Fractionation of Organic Acids via Electrodialysis: Extraction Processes and Electrochemical Characterization of Ion-Exchange Membranes

edited by

Valentín Pérez-Herranz

and Kayo Barros

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: selective electrodialysis; fractionation of organic acids; biomass fermentation; chronopotentiometry; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Energy)

Recent Developments in Membrane Technologies for Efficient Gas Separation: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Fan Feng

, Ji Wu, Shuyue Jia and

Yunchuan Pu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas separation membranes; polymeric membranes; inorganic membranes; mixed-matrix membranes; nanocomposite membranes; facilitated transport membranes; CO₂ capture and H₂ purification; olefin/paraffin separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Gas Separation)

Membranes for Ion-Exchange and Water Purification

edited by

Lasâad Dammak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: membranes; ion exchange; dialysis; electrodialysis; reverse osmosis; nanofiltration; ultrafiltration; selective ion separation; water purification; wastewater treatment; hybrid membrane systems; bio-based membranes; sustainable mem-branes; IoT in membrane processes; membrane materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Application of Membrane-Based Modern Solutions in Separation Techniques for the Recovery of Metal Ions and Critical Resources

edited by

Aleksandra Rybak

and

Aurelia Rybak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal recovery; wastes; advanced membrane technologies; hybrid membranes; adsorptive membranes; mass transport; adsorption mechanisms; mathematical modeling; design of modules; membrane reactors and absorbers; resources recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)

Membranes: Where Chemistry and Physics Converge for Biology

edited by

Dilip Shrestha

and

James Ho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: stiffness; membrane curvature; membrane heterogeneity; liposomes; next-generation drug delivery particles; biomimetic nanoparticles; membrane mechanics; computer simulation of membrane; fluorescence correlations spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Recent Advancements in Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membranes for Oxygen Separation and Application

edited by

Xingjian (Chris) Xue

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane; material; fabrication; stability; modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Gas Separation)

Biological Membranes in Silico—Unraveling Mechanisms Through Molecular Dynamics Simulations

edited by Haoyuan Jing and Yanbin Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular dynamics simulation; biological membranes; membrane protein dynamics; lipid– protein interactions; membrane fusion and fission; ion channels and transporters; force field development; artificial intelligence in MD; membrane biophysics; hybrid modeling; free-energy landscape sampling; kinetics/rare-event sampling; Markov-state modeling; coarse graining simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Computational Advances in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Separation Technologies

edited by

Gloria M. Monsalve-Bravo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: mixed matrix membranes; computational modeling; molecular simulation; multiscale modeling; machine learning; transport mechanisms; membrane design; gas separation; water treatment; ion separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Nanocomposite Membranes for Electrolysis, Fuel Cells, Batteries, and Desalination

edited by Lu Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocomposite membranes; electrolysis; fuel cells; batteries; desalination; electrochemical systems; membrane characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Energy)

Membrane Fouling in Water/Wastewater Treatment: Mechanisms, Effects, and Control

edited by

Liguo Shen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane fouling; anti-fouling and cleaning; water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)

Advances in Graphene-Based Membranes for Next-Generation Separation Technologies

edited by

Quan Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphene-based membranes; 2D materials; gas separation; liquid separation; mass transport mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Two-Dimensional Material-Based Membranes for High-Performance Separations

edited by Peifu Cheng,

Pavan Chaturvedi

, Jumi Deka and Kundan Saha

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; membranes; nanopores; nanoporous atomically thin membranes; lamellar structure; composite membranes; separations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Two-Dimensional-Material-Based Membrane Technologies

edited by Liheng Dai and Kai Qu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: two-dimensional materials; 2D membranes; ion sieving; water purification; gas separation; energy storage and conversion; deslination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)

Advanced Membrane Technologies for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Emerging Contaminants: Challenges and Innovations

edited by Mohammed J. K. Bashir and

Choon Aun Ng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater; emerging contaminants; advanced membrane technology; nanofiltration; membrane bioreactors; water reuse

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