Hollow Fiber
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane science and related technologies (materials for membrane formation; membrane engineering; membrane processes); renewable energy (solar energy applications, photo-thermal membranes, blue energy); transport phenomena; machine learning and optimization
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Interests: membrane science and technology; membrane design, preparation, characterization and modification; membrane engineering; polymeric membrane; polymer solution characterization; phase inversion; dry/wet spinning; wet/wet spinning; hollow fiber membrane; membrane morphology and structure; water treatment; membrane distillation; desalination; transport phenomena; complex fluids; thermodiffusion; fluctuating hydrodynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research interest in hollow fiber engineering and its application in different fields has increased in recent years. The present Special Issue covers several aspects of advanced hollow fibers and their applications, including:
- novel materials for polymeric hollow fiber preparation (e.g. green solvents, novel polymers, additives and nanoparticles);
- hollow fiber fabrication methods;
- modification and characterization techniques in order to design and prepare different structures (i.e. multi-layered, mixed-matrix, structured and surface modified hollow fibers) for specific applications (separation processes such as water treatment and desalination for water production, catalysis support, energy production, etc.).
This special Issue is not oriented only to experimental activities but also to simulations and theoretical modelling focused on hollow fibers.
Taking into consideration your wide knowledge and experience in hollow fibers, I would like to invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue before 30 June 2018. The submitted manuscripts will then be fast-track reviewed. I would very much appreciate if you could let me know of your interest in paper contribution at your earliest convenience. Research articles, Review articles, Perspectives as well as Communications and Letters are also invited.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts are available on the journal website.
Prof. Mohamed KhayetDr. Loreto García Fernández
Guest Editors
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- Hollow fiber membrane
- Polymeric hollow fiber
- Hollow fiber modification
- Porous hollow fiber
- Dense hollow fiber
- Dual-layered hollow fiber
- Multi-layered hollow fiber
- Composite hollow fiber
- Microstructured hollow fiber
- Reinforced hollow fiber
- Multi-bore hollow fiber
- Mixed matrix hollow fiber
- Composite hollow fiber
- Fabrication techniques
- Water treatment
- Desalination
- Water production
- Energy production
- Catalysis
- Ultrafiltration
- Microfiltration
- Nanofiltration
- Reverse osmosis
- Membrane distillation
- Forward osmosis
- Pervaporation
- Gas separation
- Characterization methods
- Optimization
- Simulation
- Theoretical modelling
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