New and Modified Polymers for Detection and Removal of Pollutants from Water and Air
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials in Separation Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 528
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis and characterization of non-magnetic; magnetic; and molecularly imprinted polymers; porous polymers; and composites; adsorption; textile dyes; heavy and precious metals removal; radionuclides separation; inverse gas chromatography
Interests: synthesis; functionalization; and characterization of inorganic–polymer hybrid materials and molecularly imprinted polymers based on glycidyl methacrylate as well as analysis of sorption properties of functionalized copolymers and composites to remove cations and oxyanions from aqueous solutions; radionuclides and pesticides removal; dispersive solid phase microextraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to rapid industrialization, climate change, and the expansion of urban areas, large amounts of a variety of pollutants can cause contamination to water resources, soil, and air. Recently, polymer-based materials have attracted considerable attention as multifunctional platforms suitable for use in the detection and purification of different pollutant classes due to their high selectivity, physical and chemical stability, controllable textural properties (porosity and specific surface area), and reusability. A diversity of polymeric adsorbents have been reported in the literature, such as chelating, magnetic, and molecularly imprinted polymers, porous polymeric adsorbents, polymeric membranes and composites, natural polymer biosorbents and derivatives, etc.
The Special Issue “New and Modified Polymers for Detection and Removal of Pollutants from Water and Air” will focus on original research, review articles, and short communications related to novel and modified polymers, hybrid materials, polymer composites, and methods for the removal of various organic, inorganic, and biological pollutants. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the synthesis, functionalization, characterization, mechanism, thermodynamic, and kinetic analysis of adsorption, extraction, detection, and techniques for the removal of pollutants (organic, inorganic, gas, emerging chemicals, radionuclides, etc.). Experimental studies and theoretical analysis, as well as process development, simulation, and equipment design, are welcome.
Dr. Aleksandra Nastasović
Dr. Bojana Marković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers and composites
- molecularly imprinted polymers
- adsorption mechanism
- thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of adsorption
- quantum modeling and simulation
- radionuclides
- organic and inorganic pollutants
- CO2 capture
- gas separation
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