Advances of Polymeric Membranes

Dear Colleagues, 

Membrane technology is often used to support environmental pollution control, energy conservation and emission reduction and to protect people’s livelihood. It is of great significance to alleviate urban water shortage and adjust energy structure and industrial transformation and upgrading. Membrane materials, including metal materials, inorganic materials and polymer materials, play an important role in membrane technology, determining the morphologies and properties of membranes to a certain extent. Because polymer membrane materials have many advantages, such as easy molecular design, good processability, low cost and diversity, they have become the most widely used and studied membrane materials, with use in the petrochemical, light industry, textile, food, medicine, environmental protection and energy fields.

This Special Issue of Polymers is concerned with the synthesis and characterization of polymer membrane materials, fabrication and modification of polymer membranes, membrane structure and applications of polymer membranes. Topics may include polymer membrane materials, ultrafiltration membranes, nanofiltration membranes, ion exchange membranes, proton exchange membranes, amphoteric membranes, hemodialysis membranes, dehumidification membranes, composite membranes, processes of polymer membranes, membrane fabrication and modification. Full research papers, communications, and review articles are welcome.

Dr. Shouhai Zhang
Guest Editor

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