Polymeric Membranes for Gas Separation

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit your original work or a review article to this Special Issue of Molecules focusing on “Polymeric Membranes for Gas Separation”. The increasing demand for energy-efficient industrial gas separations along with emerging societal important applications, such as CO₂ capture, natural gas purification, and olefin/paraffin separations, has stimulated the increasingly growing interest towards the use of membrane technology for gas separation. Polymer-based membrane materials occupy the vast majority of all membrane materials due to their intrinsic advantages, such as good processability and robustness. In addition, in recent years, polymer-based mixed matrix materials (comprising metal organic frameworks, 2-D materials, carbon molecular sieves, zeolites, and ionic liquids) have been under extensive exploration to achieve superior separation properties.

This Special Issue aims to deliver new insights and report on recent advances in synthesis and characterization of novel materials as well as processes for polymeric membranes for gas separation. In particular, the topics of interest include novel membrane materials (polymers, mixed-matrix materials, poly(ionic liquids), etc.), novel gas separation processes, modeling of membrane materials, CO₂ capture, fabrication and characterization of thin film composite membranes, long-term membrane performance, membrane hollow fibers, large scale-applications, etc.

We look forward to receiving your outstanding work for this Special Issue.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Valadoula Deimede
Prof. Dr. Joannis Kallitsis
Guest Editors

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