Polymer Membranes for Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Membranes and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2026 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: membranes and integrated membrane operations in agro-food production; pressure-driven membrane operations; membrane distillation and osmotic distillation; membrane fouling; food processing; food science and technology; bioactive compounds; phenolic compounds; proteins; peptides; agri-food by-products valorization; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wastewater is the largest waste stream from municipalities, petrochemical, pharmaceuticals, food, textile, agricultural, pulp and paper, and other industries. This poses a major ecological problem with high environmental impacts when discharged into the ecosystem without proper treatment.
Membrane separation technology, which utilizes polymeric membranes, has become a key technology in the field of water filtration over the past three decades, providing effective alternatives to related technologies such as adsorption, extraction, distillation, ion exchangers, and sand filters. These technologies include desalination for the purpose of obtaining drinking water from salt water, as well as purification of groundwater or wastewater. Low energy consumption, continuous separation, easy scale-up, modularity, remote control, and no phase separation are well-recognized key advantages of membrane processes over conventional separation technologies.
Various new membrane types have been developed in membrane technology, such as nanocomposite, photocatalytic, adsorptive, and biomimetic membranes. Novel polymeric materials, including dendronized, ionic, and solvent-resistant polymers, have also been reported to improve the properties of membranes.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest fundamental and applied studies in polymeric membrane technologies, including, but not limited to, the synthesis of novel membrane materials, membrane modifications, and advanced membrane processes.
We hereby invite you to submit research articles or comprehensive reviews on the latest studies that could provide innovative findings and breakthroughs in polymeric membrane science.
Dr. Alfredo Cassano
Dr. Alberto Figoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymeric membranes
- wastewater treatment
- membrane filtration
- desalination
- novel polymer materials
- antifouling membranes
- interfacial polymerization
- antimicrobial membranes
- membrane preparation
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