Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposites and Functional Coatings for Water Purification
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 3420
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; polymeric nanocomposites; for water purification; adsorption; photocatalysis; filtration; hydrogen production by water splitting; sensors for environment and biological applications; carbon quantum dots
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the prevention of environmental pollution caused by inorganic and organic toxic chemical compounds has recently focused the attention of the scientific community. The most investigated remediation techniques involve filtration, adsorption, and photocatalytic degradation using materials that are low cost and reusable after appropriate regeneration (such as graphene oxide, clay minerals, TiO2, Bi2O3, and iron compounds). Regardless of this, the use of nanomaterials directly dispersed in water has some practical limitations, such as the production of sludge as secondary pollution and the failure to recover and reuse the catalyst. To overcome these problems, the incorporation of nanomaterials into a polymeric matrix is a successful strategy: in this way, catalyst performances are increased by a larger surface area and composites can be easily removed at the end of the process, regenerated, and reused. Furthermore, polymeric functional nanocomposites can also be used as active coating of commercial materials to increase their performances and reduce costs.
This Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers on the following topics:
- The use of nanomaterials (i.e., carbon nanomaterials, metallic or semiconductor nanoparticles, clays) and polymeric nanocomposites for adsorption, filtration, or photocatalytic degradation of water pollutants;
- Synthesis and functionalization methodologies of nanostructures and polymeric nanocomposites;
- Methodologies for the preparation of active coating; structural and physicochemical characterization of materials;
- Applications in filtering, adsorption, and photocatalytic processes for water purification;
- Investigation of antimicrobial and antibiofouling coating properties.
Manuscripts can be submitted in the following formats: full research papers, communications, and reviews.
Dr. Simona Filice
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial and antibiofouling coating
- active coating
- synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and polymeric nanocomposites
- surface functionalization
- photocatalytic, filtering, and adsorption properties
- water purification
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