Functional Polymers for Water Pollution Detection and Adsorption
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; polymers; metal oxides; remediation; composites
Interests: environmental analytical chemistry; monitoring and remediation of pollutants in environment and food sources
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrialization, urbanization, domestic and agricultural activities, and municipal effluents are directly linked to increased water contamination, which can have a serious impact on human and animal health/or living organisms in the ecosystem. The growing awareness of environmental and climatic issues surrounding the supply and consumption of clean water is resulting in a worldwide rise in the demand for promising and sustainable adsorbents, detectors from low-cost, natural, abundant, and renewable resources for the remediation of organic and inorganic pollutants, and their transformation and regeneration into non-hazardous by-products. To mitigate the impact of water contaminants, functional polymers emerge as a powerful tool for the detection and adsorption of pollutants. These polymers possess intriguing properties, including high specificity, multifunctional design capabilities, and tunable chemical properties. Functional polymers are formulated using various functional groups or specific binding sites that enable them to selectively capture pollutants, such as dyes, pharmaceutical residues, and heavy metal ions, from contaminated water. This Special Issue will accept papers that provide insights into innovative techniques focusing on functional polymers for the detection and remediation of pollutants in aqueous environments. We encourage the submission of original research and review papers that explore the synthesis, preparation, and applications of functional polymers for the analysis and remediation of various pollutants in the aqueous environment.
Dr. Thabang Hendrica Mokhothu
Dr. Somandla Ncube
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic and inorganic pollutants
- polymers
- remediation
- environmental pollution
- functional polymers
- smart polymers
- nanomaterials
- composites
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