Ion Exchange Polymer-Based Resins: Characterization and Industrial Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 84
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical and electrochemical processes; interface processes modelling; reactor modeling and design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ion Exchange Resins (IESs) are high-performance synthetic polymer materials, with tailored structural and chemical properties that differ in the nature and strength of their functional groups, and application scope. These versatile materials have evolved into essential tools for high-efficiency separation and purification processes, facilitating the selective removal, separation, or replacement of ions in liquid phases through reversible electrostatic interactions, where ion exchange occurs within the resin beads. Monitoring, operation, and control of industrial processes requires a thorough understanding of resin performance and the effects of operating and design parameters of ion exchange processes to ensure high stability and efficiency of the resins. Characterization methods have evolved greatly, allowing for a complete understanding of the kinetic mechanism and the establishment of optimal operating conditions. This, in turn, creates resins that can withstand as many regeneration cycles as possible, while positively impacting the environment by reducing the quantities of used resins.
This Special Issue aims to attract valuable contributions and provide a platform for the exchange of innovative ideas and findings, generating sustainable process applications. We invite original research articles that highlight recent progress in the laboratory-scale investigations of real systems, advanced characterization and performance analysis, mathematical modelling under both batch and continuous operating conditions, which provide the basis for subsequent industrial-scale implementation and the integration of artificial intelligence for evolutive operation of ion exchange processes.
Dr. Liliana Lazar
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Lisa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- innovative ion exchanger
- water treatment
- electrolytes treatment
- biopharmaceutical purification
- heterogeneous catalysis
- environmental remediation
- characterization
- kinetic mechanism
- process modelling
- artificial intelligence
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