Membranes Used in Water Purification

Dear Colleagues,

Water purification for human use, ecosystem management, agriculture, and industry has become a global priority due to the effects of rapid urbanization, population growth, and intensive climate change. There is a high demand to develop and improve technologies for water purification, as some of the techniques generally used are expensive, energy-intensive, and/or harmful to the environment. Separation methods using membranes have been frequently used for decades as a technically, economically, and environmentally viable alternative, as they allow for the removal of a wide variety of contaminants, such as large colloids, algae, bacteria, and individual ions presenting small hydrated radii. However, these processes still face challenges, mainly the effects of fouling.

Prof. Dr. Valentín Pérez-Herranz and Dr. Kayo Santana Barros invite researchers to publish their works involving water purification using membrane-based techniques, such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, pressure-retarded osmosis, membrane distillation, and electrodialysis. This Special Issue serves as a platform for gathering all recent advances in the broad scope of membranes used in water purification. Articles, case studies, reviews, and communications are welcome and held in high regard.

Dr. Kayo Santana Barros
Prof. Dr. Valentín Pérez-Herranz
Guest Editors

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