Polymer Composite Materials in Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editors
Interests: technical solutions in water and wastewater treatment; synthesis and characterization of composite polymeric materials; waste valorisation; adsorption of organic and inorganic compounds on various materials; biotechnologyes
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Interests: polymeric materials; water and wastewater treatment; electrochemical methods used in environmental protection; chemical engineering; removal of dyes from wastewaters; waste water treatment in pharmaceutical industry; membrane technology and separation of the biological substances of interest
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to publish research papers and reviews that target the field of wastewater treatment using the polymer composite materials. The influent derived from the purification plants contains a very large number of toxic compounds, such as pharmaceutical compounds, pesticides, dyes, oils and petroleum compounds, additives for various products, microplastics, nitrogen compounds, phosphorus compounds, microorganisms (viruses, bacteria and fungi), and so on. Various composite materials from natural and synthetic polymers can be used for the removal of these compounds.
In particular, we are keen to showcase articles or reviews on polymer composites materials with increasing importance in engineering and environmental technologies because of their special properties. For instance, they are used to produce high-performance and sustainable materials utilized in the removal of toxic compounds present in wastewater.
This can be achieved through various processes such as adsorption, ion exchange, membrane techniques, electrocoagulation, etc., and by using hybrid solutions. This entails the combination of one or more processes that use polymeric materials to offer efficient solutions. Alternatively, they may offer comparable efficiency to existing versions but are cheaper, with lower energy consumption, or use different wastes.
Prof. Dr. Daniela Simina Stefan
Dr. Alexandra Raluca Grosu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wastewater treatment
- composite polymers
- pharmaceutical compounds
- pesticides
- dyes
- oils and petroleum compounds
- additives
- microplastics
- nitrogen compounds
- phosphorus compounds
- microorganisms
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