Engineered Nanoporous Sorbents for Removing Emerging Pollutants from Aqueous Environments
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 37
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Interests: adsorption; advanced oxidation technology; coagulation; capacitive deionization; surface/interface chemistry; heterogeneous catalysts (metals); porous frameworks; POP degradation; value-added ion separation and purification
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Dear Colleagues,
Emerging contaminants, referring to synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals (e.g., pharmaceuticals, personal care products, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, microplastics, endocrine-disrupting compounds, pesticides, and industrial additives.), have recently been identified as potential threats to environmental safety or human health due to negative effects with persistence, low-concentration effects, bioaccumulation, and high-toxicity. Adsorption, as an efficient, easy-to-operate, and moderate-cost technique, is adopted in pollutant removal and water purification. However, weak driving forces originating from low- or ultra-low concentrations pose a major challenge for promoting the adsorption efficiency of emerging contaminants. Currently, researchers focus on novel sorbents exploration, including activated carbon, biochar, zeolites, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic framework (COFs), covalent organic polymers (COPs), and porous polymer networks (PPNs) via diversity engineering strategies to improve adsorption capacity, selectivity, regeneration potential, and environmental sustainability. In response, this Special Issue of the Water Journal focuses on advancing our understanding of the development and application of engineered nanoporous sorbents to remove emerging pollutants from aqueous environments.
This Special Issue aims to collect review and research articles devoted to the development of engineered nanoporous sorbents for emerging pollutants removal from water/wastewater. All topics dealing with novel sorbents design, advanced characterizations development, and in-depth probe of atomic-level based adsorption mechanisms from both experimental and theoretical perspectives are particularly welcome.
Dr. Jian Shen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanoporous sorbents
- engineering strategies
- emerging pollutants
- adsorption
- water purification
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