New Insights into Porous Organic Polymers and Their Application in Contaminant Removal

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer chemistry has a history of more than 100 years as a separate branch of science. In this field, porous organic polymers have attracted great attention from researchers and engineers regarding their use in the food, biomedicine, biosensor, building, and heavy industries. An increasing number of multifunctional polymers are designed, illustrating the great potential to manage many global ecological challenges in areas such as the removal of heavy metals, dyes, and toxic contaminants.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a collection of research papers related to new compositions of aerogels and cryogel preparation, including novel approaches to the characterization and chemical modification of porous organic polymer surface, molecular imprinted (MIP) scaffolds, separation of biomolecules via ligand exchange mechanisms (chelation) and ion exchange, nano- and microparticle elimination, macroporous hydrogels acceptable for selective or nonselective extraction of noble metal ions, stimuli-responsive porous polymers based on inter- and/or polyelectrolyte complexes, methods of preparation of composite cryogels composed of metal nanoparticles MOFs, ZIFs, or metal oxide nanoparticles and polymers, and the use of nontoxic modified cross-linking agents for the synthesis of biocompatible scaffolds for biomedical application.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: composite porous polymers with given properties for biosensing; cryogels for efficient radionuclide separation or extraction; aerogel polymer–metal systems for catalysis; cryogels and aerogels as drug delivery systems.

Dr. Dmitriy Berillo
Guest Editor

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