Polymer Composites for Separation and Purification
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 10899
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanotechnology; polymer science and engineering; membrane technology; water treatment; materials engineering; responsive and biological membranes; drug delivery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the development of polymer composites for separation and purification applications. Over the past few years, numerous research activities have been carried out in the area of polymer composites to improve the separation and purification of essential compounds via applications including water treatment, bioseparation and gas purification, etc. Polymers and their composites present various advantages, such as providing a high surface area for rapid decontamination, advanced processability and stability, high selectivity, tunable surface properties, and cost-saving. This issue will highlight the latest research works performed in the fabrication, characterization, and application of different polymer composites, such as polymer/polymer, polymer/clay, polymer/metal, polymer/carbon, etc. Research works that involve the following factors taken into account to achieve high separation efficiency and selectivity are invited to this issue: (a) physical and chemical properties of composites; (b) fabrication methods to avoid the agglomeration of the functional compounds or fillers inside the composites; (c) interaction between polymer and functional compounds; and (d) mechanism of separation of essential or unwanted components from mixtures of compounds. Hence, this issue welcomes both original contributions and reviews related to development of novel polymer composites applied in separation and purification applications.
Dr. Anbharasi Vanangamudi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- composites
- nanomaterials
- water treatment
- bio separation
- gas purification
- hybrid composites
- organic-inorganic
- metal organic framework (MOF)
- carbon composites
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