Organic Polymer Functional Adsorption Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2024) | Viewed by 4969
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The term ‘adsorptive polymer materials’ mainly refers to polymer materials that have selective affinity for specific ions or molecules. In terms of appearance, the most notable materials are microporous, macroporous, popcorn and macroreticular resins. According to the source, they are divided into natural polymer-based adsorption materials and synthetic polymer-based adsorption materials. Natural polymers, such as cellulose, humus, chitosan, and alginate, are environmentally friendly and easy to obtain, have certain adsorption functions and objective processability, and have been used in composite adsorption materials for a long time. Synthetic polymer adsorption materials mostly include water-absorbing resins, chelating resins, adsorption resins, ion-exchange resins, etc. As part of the development of molecular design technology, scholars are studying adsorption materials with higher selectivity, high adsorption capacity and a fast adsorption rate. Porous polymer materials have certain adsorption and support properties, and its unsaturated bond also offers good processing and functionalization, which will greatly improve the adsorption performance of the material. Organic polymer functional adsorption materials play an irreplaceable role in the removal of wastewaters (effluents) from various pollutants (dyes, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals/drugs, and organic molecules (phenols, pesticides, herbicides, etc.)) or the binding/capture of environmental gases (COx, NOx, SOx, etc.).
This Special Issue aims to compile the original and cutting-edge research results of organic polymer functional adsorption materials.
Prof. Dr. Weifang Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adsorbent
- organic polymer
- filter
- wastewater treatment
- gas adsorption
- adsorption performance
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