Advanced Bio-Based and Hybrid Polymer Materials for Water Treatment and Emerging Contaminant Removal
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Sustainable Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 114
Editor
Interests: water treatment; wastewater reuse; adsorption; biopolymers; chitosan-based materials; hybrid polymeric adsorbents; emerging contaminants; heavy metal removal; polymer composites; circular materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis, functionalization, and application of polymer-based materials for water and wastewater treatment. We invite contributions on natural, synthetic, and hybrid polymers, including chitosan-, alginate-, cellulose-, lignin-, and membrane-based systems, as well as polymer composites, adsorbents, flocculants, electrospun fibers, hydrogels, ion-exchange media, sensors, and polymer–carbon or electroactive platforms. Particular attention will be given to materials aimed at removing emerging contaminants, heavy metals, dyes, nutrients, and pathogens; improving selectivity, antifouling behavior, regeneration, and long-term stability; and enabling water reuse, decentralized treatment, and circular-economy strategies. Studies integrating advanced characterization, adsorption and transport mechanisms, modeling, electrochemical assistance, pilot validation, sustainability assessment, and resource recovery are especially welcome.
Dr. Eduardo Alberto A. Lopez-Maldonado
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bio-based polymers
- functional polymer materials
- hybrid polymer composites
- chitosan
- adsorption
- polymer membranes
- emerging contaminants
- wastewater treatment
- resource recovery
- circular water systems
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