Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Water Treatment—2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wastewater treatment; functional materials of microbial fuel cell electrode; bioaugmentation technique; polymers and the environment
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Interests: water treatment; photocatalysis; adsorption; environmental functional materials; new pollutant removal; biochar and semiconductors; environmental engineering; mathematical models
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Interests: Water Treatment; Granulation; Anaerobic digestion; Environmental Engineering; Nutrient removal.
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Interests: flocculation; water treatment; biomass-based adsorbent; amphoteric polymers; lignin-based flocculants; quantum dots; sensors for wastewater analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water pollution has become one of the greatest threats to the ecological environment and human health. Polymer materials show great potential in wastewater treatment because of their unique physical and chemical properties, such as large molecular weight, controllable structure, large surface area, and easy modification. With the rapid development of materials science, new polymer materials, such as flocculants, scale inhibitors, functional filtration membranes, ion-exchange resins, selective adsorption materials, modified functional fibers, and nanocomposite materials and hybrid nanomaterials, show great potential in microbial fuel cell electrodes. Functional polymer materials are widely used in the field of wastewater pollution control.
Based on the above information, this Special Issue (SI) will focus on recent advances in functional polymer materials for water treatment. It aims to provide a platform for researchers to disseminate recent advances in the fundamental science and technology of polymeric materials for their application to water treatment. The submission of high-quality original articles, review articles, case studies, and short communications related to the following areas is encouraged:
- Polymeric coagulants and adsorbents for water purification;
- Polymeric separation membranes and ion-exchange resins for water treatment and reuse;
- Polymeric materials for enhancing biological water treatment (filler, bioaugmentation agents, etc.);
- Polymeric materials for use as water treatment equipment, anti-scale agents, scale removal, corrosion inhibition, and the suppression of bacteria and algae;
- The fabrication, modification, and characterization of polymeric materials for water treatment;
- Other polymeric material-related applications for pollutant removal and detection in water (filtration, catalytic oxidation, electrodes, sensors, etc.).
Dr. Zhiwei Wang
Dr. Tongtong Wang
Dr. Jian Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yanzhu Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional polymer materials for water treatment
- polymers and the environment
- polymer adsorption material
- polymer coagulants
- polymer ion-exchange resins
- membrane material for wastewater treatment
- polymeric functional electrode material
- polymeric anti-scale agents
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