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Membrane Catalytic Oxidation in Water Treatment

edited by Ying Zhao

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 729 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalytic membrane; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); organic pollutants; hydroxyl radicals; ozonation; water and wastewater treatment; degradation pathways

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

High-Performance Composite Membrane for Gas Separation and Capture

edited by Wenping Li and Pandeng Li

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite membranes; gas separation; carbon capture; hydrogen purification; CO2 separation; industrial gas processing; sustainable gas technologies

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

Recent Developments in Inorganic Membranes for Sustainable Environmental Applications

edited by

Dong Zou

and Jinxin Liu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic membranes; membrane separation; membrane design; environmental remediation; novel membrane materials

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

Membranes Research in Tianjin University: Celebrating 130th Anniversary

edited by

Hong Wu

and

Zhi Wang

submission deadline 2 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3194 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced membrane materials; UF/NF/RO/FO membranes; gas separation membranes; oil/water separation membranes; pervaporative membranes; fuel cell membranes; MOF/COF membranes; mixed matrix membranes

Advanced Membranes and Membrane Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Juan L. Acero

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6811 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane processes; advanced membrane processes; membrane modification and use; water and wastewater treatment; water reclamation; pollutants removal; modeling; design; improvement

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

Recent Advances in Fluorine-Free Membranes

edited by Tamas Nemeth, Patrick Fortin and

Annarosa Gugliuzza

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3411 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane materials; water filtration; membrane separation; ion exchange membranes; fluorine-free membranes

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

Sustainable Advances in Oil & Gas, Mining, and Environmental Technologies: Innovations in Membrane and Porous Material Technologies

edited by Arash Mollahosseini

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technologies; porous materials; sustainability; waste recovery; environmental innovation; oil sand; oil and gas industry; gas separation; ecological footprint; environmental technologies; resilient future; resource conservation; sustainable development; mining industry

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

Ion Conducting Membranes and Energy Storage

edited by Qing Dai

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane structure design; ion transport; batteries

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

Advances in Porous Hydrophobic Membrane Materials for Membrane Distillation

edited by

Alberto Figoli

and

Xue Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8449 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrophobic porous membrane; membrane distillation; anti-fouling; anti-wetting; configuration design

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

Applications of Membrane Filtration and Separation

edited by

Irish Valerie Maggay

and Su-En Wu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane filtration; liquid/solid separation; gas/solid separation; emulsion separation; microfiltration and ultrafiltration; membrane technology; filtration process design; desalination; wastewater treatment; membrane bioreactors

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

Membrane Proteins: New Insights into Structure, Dynamics and Functions

edited by

Matthew Coleman

and

Wei He

submission deadline 19 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane proteins; solubilization methods; nanodisc technologies; lipid– protein interactions; synthetic biology; genetic manipulation; structural biology; functional studies; artificial intelligence; machine learning; computational biology; screening tools; high-throughput methods

Advanced Membranes for Fuel Cells and Redox Flow Batteries

edited by

Chuanyu Sun

and

Lihong Yu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13068 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel cell; redox flow battery; proton-exchange membranes; cation-exchange membranes; anion-exchange membranes; porous membranes; amphoteric membranes

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

Membrane and Other Innovative Technologies for Water Purification: Design, Development, and Application

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9701 | Submission Open

Keywords: membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration; adsorption; new material synthesis and characterization; activated carbon; aluminosilicates

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

A Commemorative Special Issue in Honor of Professor Simon Judd

edited by

Gaetano Di Bella

and

Riccardo Campo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3338 | Submission Open

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

Bipolar Membranes: New Trends and Prospects

edited by Xiaoli Ge, Subarna Kole and Hengzhou Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: bipolar membranes; electrochemistry; polymers; water electrolysis; fuel cell

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

Recent Advances in Biomembrane Models for Studying Interactions with Bio-/Molecules

edited by

Jadwiga Maniewska

and Katarzyna Gębczak

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12581 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug– membrane interaction; polyphenols– membrane interaction; bioactive compounds; model lipid membranes; membrane proteins; membrane phospholipid composition; membrane channels; surfactants; new drug targets; cancer multidrug resistance; cancer chemoprevention; anticancer compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Composition and Biophysical Properties of Lipid Membranes

edited by

Mariana Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5337 | Submission Open

Keywords: mimetic membrane model systems; membrane permeability; membrane dynamics; cell recognition and signaling; lipid rafts; lipid– protein interactions; biophysical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Membrane Technologies in Food Processing

edited by Katia Rezzadori, Giordana Demaman Arend and

Frederico Marques Penha

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4319 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane processing technology; food processing; microbial inhibition; microfiltration; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; forward membrane; separation; membranes for innovative and functional foods; integrated membrane systems

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

Design, Synthesis and Applications of Ion Exchange Membranes

edited by

V. María Barragán

and

Hristo Penchev

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2656 | Submission Open

Keywords: ion exchange membranes; design; applications; structure– property relationship; chemical stabilization; ion transport enhancement

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

Membrane Distillation and Other Membrane-Related Applications for Water Cleaning and Desalination

edited by

Simona Renda

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2488 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane distillation; desalination; wastewater cleaning; pollutants removal; modeling; novel materials; innovative fabrication techniques

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

Membranes and Membrane Reactors for Gas Purification and Production: Towards More Sustainable Processes

edited by Pasquale F. Zito

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1843 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane synthesis; membrane characterization; membrane reactors; H2 production; CH4 upgrading; CO2 removal; zeolite membranes; polymeric membranes; palladium membranes; green processes

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

Electrodialysis and Novel Electro-Membrane Processes

edited by

Jiangnan Shen

and Junbin Liao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1443 | Submission Open

Keywords: ion-exchange membrane; electrodialysis; desalination; concentration; selective separation

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

Polymer Electrolyte Membranes in Energy Conversion and Storage

edited by

Torsten Berning

and

Dmitri Bessarabov

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1273 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM); energy conversion; energy conversion devices; energy storage; fuel cell; electrolyzer

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

Nanofiltration Membranes: Preparation, Structure and Separation Performance

edited by

Chunli Liu

and Wenjuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymeric nanofiltration membranes; inorganic nanofiltration membranes; novel membrane preparation methods; novel membrane characterization methods; nanofiltration membranes with enhanced performance and stability; fouling study of nanofiltration membranes; relationship between structure and performance; applications of nanofiltration membranes

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

Advanced Fabrication Techniques and Applications for High-Performance Polymer Membranes

edited by

Kaikai Chen

and Shu Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | Submission Open

Keywords: hollow fiber membrane; nanofiber membrane; polymer membrane; membrane separation; advanced polymer science; high-performance membranes

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

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 487 | 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 240 | 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 100 | 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 81 | 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 78 | 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)

Manufacture and Functionalization Modification of Membranes for Separation

edited by Lijun Meng and

Jun Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

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

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

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 53 | 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)

Nanofiltration Membranes for Organic Pollutants Removal

edited by Qingquan Ma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 17 | 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 329 | 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 109 | Submission Open

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

Composite Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation

edited by

Haiqing Lin

and Gengyi Zhang

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

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

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 11751 | 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 139 | 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 85 | 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)

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 2291 | 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)

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 578 | Submission Open

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

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

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 543 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Wenli Jiang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 208 | 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 59 | 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 59 | Submission Open

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

Research Progress of Hemodialysis Membrane Technology

edited by Sumarni Mansur and

Muhammad Nidzhom Zainol Abidin

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

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

Membrane Carriers for Drug Delivery Purposes

edited by

Yosuke Senju

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | 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

New Trends in Membrane Technologies for Removal of Hazardous Pollutants

edited by Guangze Nie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 116 | 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)

Membranes for Ion-Exchange and Water Purification

edited by

Lasâad Dammak

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 75 | 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)

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

edited by

Feng Fan

, Ji Wu, Shuyue Jia and

Yunchuan Pu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 7 | 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)

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