Aerosol-Driven Air Pollution: Pathways to Sustainable Mitigation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 48
Special Issue Editor
Interests: deep bed filtration; air filters; aerosol mechanics; Lattice–Boltzmann method; porous media; biological fluids; molecular dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aerosol-driven air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges today. Fine and ultrafine particles from natural and anthropogenic sources degrade air quality, influence atmospheric chemistry, and contribute to climate change. Understanding their life cycle—from emission and transformation to transport and deposition—is essential for developing sustainable mitigation strategies.
Recent growth in industrial activity, urbanization, and extreme wildfire events has intensified aerosol pollution in many regions. Simultaneously, advances in sensing technologies, materials science, modeling, and emissions control offer new opportunities for precise characterization of aerosols and for designing innovative mitigation pathways. Addressing aerosol-driven pollution requires integrated knowledge across atmospheric science, engineering, environmental health, and policy.
However, the complexity of aerosol processes—including nonlinear dynamics, multiscale interactions, and diverse source behaviors—continues to challenge accurate scientific description and effective control.
With this Special Issue on “Aerosol-Driven Air Pollution: Pathways to Sustainable Mitigation,” we invite original research and review articles that advance understanding of aerosol formation, transformation, and impacts, as well as sustainable approaches to reducing aerosol emissions.
The Special Issue focuses on (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Aerosol–cloud interactions and their implications for climate forcing;
- Source apportionment studies using isotopic or molecular marker techniques;
- Emerging aerosol sources, including microplastics and nanomaterials in the atmosphere;
- Indoor aerosol dynamics, human exposure pathways, and mitigation technologies;
- Real-time, low-cost sensor networks and data fusion approaches for aerosol monitoring;
- Health risk assessment of chronic and acute exposure to fine and ultrafine particulate matter;
- Life-cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) of aerosol control technologies and emissions-reduction interventions;
- Socioeconomic and environmental equity dimensions of aerosol exposure and pollution mitigation;
- Advances in sustainable materials for aerosol filtration, capture, and catalytic degradation.
Dr. Rafal Przekop
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aerosol pollution
- PM2.5
- PM10
- atmospheric chemistry
- emission control
- filtration
- particles measurement
- aerosol modeling
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