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Innovative Approaches to CO₂ Electroreduction: From Fundamentals to Applications

edited by Mohammad Rezaei and Abdalaziz Aljabour

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 reduction; gas diffusion electrode; ion exchange membrane; proton exchange membrane; anion exchange membrane; membrane morphology; interfacial engineering; catalyst incorporation; reactor design; technoeconomic analysis

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

Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis

edited by Bjorn Hasa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: anion exchange membranes; water electrolysis; fuel cells; ionomers; polymer; hydrogen production

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

Recent Research in Pervaporation Membranes

edited by Rujing Hou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: pervaporation membrane; stability; separation efficiency

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

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

edited by

Jadwiga Maniewska

and Katarzyna Gębczak

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 305 | 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)

Biomass-based Nanofiltration Membranes for Sustainable Chemical Separation

edited by

Xinda You

and Yanlian Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 238 | 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)

Morphological and Highly Sensitive Detection (HSD) Observations of Monolayers

edited by Zameer Shervani and Yasushi Yamamoto

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1982 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid monolayer; commercial surfactants monolayers; effect of additives; BAM (Brewster Angle Microscopy); STm (Surface Tension measurement); surface pressure-molecular area isotherms; quartz crystal oscillator (QCO) method; small and large molecules as additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Porous Material Based Membranes for Liquid Separation

edited by Ting Chen and Guangwei He

submission deadline 10 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous materials; MOFs; COFs; membranes; liquid separation

Advances in Membrane Distillation

edited by

Fei Guo

and

Zongli Xie

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4109 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane distillation; thermodynamics; heat and mass transfer; membrane design; energy; modeling and simulation; application

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

Membrane Processes for Water Recovery in Food Processing Industries

edited by Claudia Muro and Rosa María Gómez-Espinosa

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 840 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane process; integrated membrane systems; membranes for food effluent treatment; water recovery by membranes; water reuse in the food industry; membrane fouling in effluents treatment; membrane characteristics in food effluents treatment; cost analysis for water recovery from food effluent treatment; environmental benefits of water recovery; energy saving in membrane process for food effluent treatment

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

Advanced Membrane Technologies for Wastewater and Solid Waste Treatment

edited by Heliang Pang,

Xiaoyuan Zhang

Xiaoxiang Cheng

and

Zhongsen Yan

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane reactor; wastewater treatment; solid waste treatment; energy and carbon source recovery; novel membrane materials; anti-fouling; membrane fouling; fouling control strategies

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

Advances in Symmetric and Asymmetric Lipid Membranes

edited by

Thais A. Enoki

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19270 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Advanced Flexible Membranes for Next-Generation Electrochemical Energy Devices

edited by

Yasser Ashraf Gandomi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5036 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation electrochemical energy devices; membranes; polymeric and hybrid polymer– ceramic structures

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

Membrane Processes in a Circular Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Anna Kowalik-Klimczak

Maciej Szwast

and

Marzena Smol

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5020 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; membranes; treatment processes; water; nutrients; raw materials; wastewater

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

Membranes for Energy and the Environment

edited by

Philippe Knauth

Maria Luisa Di Vona

and Hongying Hou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3217 | Submission Open

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

A Commemorative Special Issue in Honor of Professor Simon Judd

edited by

Gaetano Di Bella

and

Riccardo Campo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1897 | Submission Open

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

Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application

edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | 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 Other Areas)

Advances in Membrane Surface Modifications and Functionalizations for Efficient Separation Processes

edited by Kuo-Liang Chuang and Farhad Moghadam

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface modification; surface functionalization; thin film membrane; nanomaterials; antifouling; antibacterial; interfacial coating; electrochemical modification; gas separation; water treatment; drug delivery

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

Advances in Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Membrane Distillation and Membrane Separation Processes

edited by

Juan D. Gil

and

Juan Antonio Andrés-Mañas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22806 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane distillation; membrane separation processes; desalination and brine treatment; solar-powered membrane separation processes; wastewater treatment; modelling and simulation; control of membrane processes; energy optimization

State-of-the-Art Membrane Science and Technology in North America (2023,2024)

edited by

Stephen E. Rankin

Theodore T. Tsotsis

and

Laurent Bazinet

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11456 | Submission Open

Innovations in Membrane Technology for Food Applications

edited by Juliana Steffens

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1976 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane materials; membrane preparation and characterization; membrane processes; modeling and simulation of membrane process; food process

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

The Thin-Film Composite Membrane: Principles, Productions and Applications

edited by Kátia Cecília de Souza Figueiredo and Camila Baldasso

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: antifouling membranes; phase inversion; polymerization; recyclation of membranes; TFC large-scale preparation

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

Prospects for Nanocomposite Membrane Applications

edited by Chen Wang and

Zhan Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocomposite membrane; nanomaterial; water purification; desalination; organic solvent purification; gas separation; energy storage; environmental remediation

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

Biological Membranes as Targets for Natural and Synthetic Compounds—Second Edition

edited by

Luis Regasini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane; natural product; target; synthesis; bioassay; drug discovey; drug development; medicinal chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Advanced Membrane Materials for CO₂ Capture and Separation

edited by

Naiying Du

and

Haiqing Lin

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15984 | Submission Open

Keywords: membranes; carbon capture; polymers; metal-organic frameworks; 2D materials; mixed matrix materials; techno-economic analysis

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

Biological Membrane Dynamics and Reorganization Induced by Light Changes

edited by

Radka Vladkova

Sashka Krumova

and

Nia Petrova

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2895 | 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)

New Challenges in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

edited by

Chen Zhao

and Shuang Xing

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel cell; challenge; material; modeling; system

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

Advanced Membrane Technology for Hydrogen Production and Carbon Capture

edited by

David Alique

Neng Huang

and Pom Kharel

submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; hydrogen production; carbon capture

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

Application of Membrane Materials in Bioseparation and Downstream Processing

edited by Wei Zhang and

Lingxue Kong

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2769 | Submission Open

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

Ceramic Membranes for Removal of Emerging Pollutants

edited by

Chanhyuk Park

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: ceramic membrane; water treatment; emerging contaminants; inorganic membrane; environmental

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

Advances in Functional Separation Membranes for Pervaporation and Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

edited by Shivshankar Chaudhari and Min Young Shon

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: pervaporation; organic solvent nanofiltration; surface modification; hydrophilic; organophilic; mixed matrix membrane; interfacial polymerization

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

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

edited by Arash Mollahosseini

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 186 | 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

Membranes in Ammonia Transport and Separation

edited by Angela Kruth

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: Ammonia separation; Ammonia storage; Ammonia absorption; membrane processing; membrane characterization

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

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

edited by

Olawumi O. Sadare

and

Michael O. Daramola

submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

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

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

Advancements in Membrane Technologies for Resource Recovery

edited by

Shuaifei Zhao

, Akbar Samadi,

Zonglin Pan

and

Morteza Afsari

submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; resource recovery; circular economy; sustainable membranes; wastewater mining; selectivity and permeability; integrated membrane systems

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

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3837 | 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)

Design Principles and Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Biological Membranes

edited by

Zhongcan Ouyang

and

Hao Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2633 | Submission Open

Keywords: cell membranes; solid membranes; fluid membranes; multicomponent membranes; bioactive membranes; external fields; external flows; endocytosis/exocytosis; membrane fusion/fission; membrane budding; pattern formation; phase separation; lipid rafts; lipid-lipid interactions; lipid-protein interactions; protein-protein interactions; drug-membrane interactions; nanoparticle-membrane interactions; transmembrane ion channels; signal transduction; membrane structure and organization; mathematical modeling; numerical simulations; intracellular communication; extracellular vesicles; ion regulation; geometric confinements; extracellular matrix; protein scaffolding; membrane trafficking; cytoskeleton network; cortical layers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Advanced Membranes and Membrane Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Juan L. Acero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2337 | 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)

Membrane Technologies for Water Purification

edited by

José Antonio Mendoza-Roca

Silvia Álvarez Blanco

and Carmen M. Sánchez-Arévalo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2173 | 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)

Nanofiltration Membranes for Precise Separation

edited by Shenghua Zhou, Guiliang Li and Yang Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1725 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanofiltration membrane; ion selectivity; precise sieving

Hollow Fiber Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, and Recent Advancements

edited by

Elisa Esposito

Johannes Carolus (John) Jansen

, Carmen Rizzuto and

Mariagiulia Longo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open

Keywords: hollow fibre spinning; principles and progress; gas transport in hollow fiber membranes; membrane morphology; configuration and special features; membrane materials (advanced polymers; ionic liquids); thin film composite membranes; mixed matrix membranes; catalytic membranes; gas and vapour transport phenomena; pure and mixed gases; thermal and mechanical properties; plasticization and physical aging; theory; modelling and simulations (quantum mechanics; molecular dynamics); carbon capture and conversion; biogas upgrading and natural gas treatment; helium recovery; hydrogen separation; membrane processes and process simulation

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

Current Research into Membranes in Water Desalination Technology and Engineering

edited by Jimoh Kayode Adewole and

Hsueh-Chia Chang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; desalination; distillation; reverse osmosis; water filtration; fouling; osmosis; electrodialysis

(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 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 703 | 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)

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

edited by Yichen Wu,

Ming Chen

and

Charles-François de Lannoy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 327 | 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 Fouling during Water/Wastewater Treatment Processes

edited by Nan Wang, Jianyong Feng and Da Sheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: water/wastewater treatment; advanced membrane technology; membrane fouling; anti-fouling strategy; physico-chemical and biological fouling; membrane fouling identification technology; visual fouled membranes characterization; membrane fouling mechanism; interfacial mechanism theory

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

Applications of Membrane Distillation in Water Treatment and Reuse

edited by

Jiaxin Guo

Chenxiao Jiang

and

Bhaskar Jyoti Deka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane distillation; desalination; wastewater treatment; water reuse; water purification; membrane-based technology

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

Lipid Bilayers: From Fundamentals to Applications in Bioengineering and Beyond

edited by

Tun Naw Sut

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid bilayers; biological membranes; bilayer interfaces; bilayer fabrication; bilayer characterization; bilayer application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)

Mathematical and Computational Modelling in Membrane Separations: From Preparation to Processes

edited by

Eleonora Ricci

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport models; membrane properties prediction; membrane process optimisation; numerical simulations; thermodynamic modelling; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); molecular modelling; data-driven modelling; multi-scale models; structure– processing– property relationships

Recent Developments in Metal-Organic Framework Membranes

edited by Yanwei Sun and Qiang Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal– organic frameworks; MOF membranes; membrane-based separation; membrane structure; membrane simulation; membrane processes

Recent Advances in Polymer Inclusion Membranes

edited by

Anna Nowik-Zaja̧c

and

Iwona Zawierucha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer inclusion membranes; novel materials for PIMs; PIM characterization methods and interpretation; separation processes; membrane technologies; composite/nanocomposite membranes; PIM-based sensors; metal ions

Research and Innovation on Reverse and Forward Osmosis Membrane Processes

edited by

Yusak Hartanto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: reverse osmosis; forward osmosis; organic solvent reverse osmosis; organic solvent forward osmosis; desalination; water treatment; food processing; mineral processing; pharmaceutical processing

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