Special Issue "Advances in Ionic Liquid Membranes Technology"
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2022.
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green chemistry; ionic liquid; supercritical fluid; biocatalysis; separation processes
Interests: green chemistry; ionic liquid; supercritical fluid; biocatalysis; separation processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membrane science has taken its place among the most important topics of research in the world today. Among the membranes developed, ionic liquid membranes, which are liquid membranes based on ionic liquids, have demonstrated tremendous potential in different applications. Unlike the solvents previously used in liquid membranes, ILs possess unique properties that are interesting in the context of liquid membranes. The use of these new solvents as a liquid membrane phase results in the stabilization of the LMs due to their negligible vapor pressure, the possibility of minimizing their solubility in the surrounding phases by adequate selection of the cation and anion, and their high viscosity, which could slow down the displacement of the liquids from the micron pores under pressure in the case of supported liquid membranes. Other interesting properties of ILs in the context of liquid membranes are their high ion conductivity and high solvent power.
We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that promote the development and application of new ionic liquid membranes. We are particularly interested in articles that explore recent advances in ionic liquid membrane technology, including issues such as methods of preparation, transport mechanisms, stability, fields of application, and process intensification using ionic liquid membranes.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Preparation, transport mechanism, and stability.
- Fields of application (including separation of gases, organic compounds, metal ions).
- Proton exchange membranes for application in fuel cell and electrolysers.
- Configurations (including liquid membranes, supported liquid membranes, polymer inclusion membranes, polymeric membranes).
- Analytical applications.
Dr. Antonia Pérez De Los Ríos
Prof. Dr. Francisco José Hernández Fernández
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Please note that for papers submitted after 31 December 2019 an APC of 1400 CHF applies. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- ionic liquid
- membrane
- preparation
- transport mechanisms
- stability
- application