Membrane Technologies for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editor
Interests: membrane technology; nanofiltration; 2D materials; nanocomposite membrane; desalination; hollow fiber membrane
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With growing global demand for clean water and sustainable resource management, membrane technologies have emerged as vital tools in desalination and wastewater treatment. Advanced membrane systems—including nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, forward osmosis, and membrane bioreactors—offer energy-efficient and scalable solutions for removing salts, heavy metals, organic micropollutants, and pathogens from challenging water matrices.
This Special Issue on “Membrane Technologies for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment” aims to highlight recent advances in new membrane materials, separation mechanisms, and process optimization for desalination and water treatment. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced porous polymer membranes;
- Thin-film nanocomposite membranes and performance application;
- Mixed matrix membranes and performance applications;
- Two-dimensional membrane vacuum-assisted assembly;
- Mechanistic insights into membrane filtration performance;
- Membranes for biogas upgrading in wastewater or wastewater sludge anaerobic treatment.
Dr. Qiang Xue
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- membrane technologies
- desalination
- wastewater treatment
- thin-film nanocomposites
- mixed matrix membranes
- 2D membranes
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