Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018)
Special Issue Editors
2. Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29, 18059 Rostock, Germany
Interests: enzyme catalysis; membrane processes for catalyst recycling and downstream processing; ionic liquids
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The principle of green chemistry guides the development and design of novel sustainable processes and methods. In this context, reliable separation processes are required. Within this context, membrane processes offer a number of advantages, but there are still a number of challenges. Besides classical separation techniques such as extraction, distillation, crystallization or column chromatography, organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) became a powerful tool for product purification in the molecular range of 100-400 g×mol-1 as well as solvent and catalyst separation. OSN has been applied for many different separation processes, including purification of pharmaceuticals, concentration of natural product extracts, recycling of catalysts and ionic liquids as well as solvent exchange processes. Hybrid processes also offer great advantages for process intensification due to improved yields and purities by combining OSN with other purification technologies. This special issue focuses on all the aspects related to OSN (i.e. membrane materials, membrane synthesis, characterization, applications) for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
We are very pleased to invite you to submit a paper to the special issue “organic solvent nanofiltration”, which covers membrane synthesis and developments as well as applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical field. Authors are therefore invited to submit their latest results; both original papers and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Udo Kragl
Prof. Dr. Julia Großeheilmann
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Organic solvent nanofiltration
- Membrane synthesis and modification
- Membrane materials
- Characterization techniques
- Pharmaceutical application
- Product purification
- Hybrid processes
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
- Genotoxin impurities (GTIs)
- Solvent exchange
