Gels for Removal and Adsorption (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanofiber materials; functional gels; nonpoint source pollution control; solid phase carbon source denitrification; piezocatalytic materials
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Interests: functional aerogels; inorganic synthetic chemistry; nanomaterial chemistry; cellulose-based functional material; solar energy conversion and storage; photothermal catalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are grateful to all authors, reviewers and readers for their responses to the first and second volumes of our Special Issue, entitled “Gels for Removal and Adsorption”. You can access and download these articles for free via:
Gels for Removal and Adsorption (1st Edition)
Gels for Removal and Adsorption (2nd Edition)
Gels (aerogels, hydrogels, etc.), typically constructed in the form of sponges, membranes, films, rods, fibers, etc., hold significant potential in the adsorption and removal of substances because of their abundant and tunable porous structure, lightweight properties and programmable surface groups, which are beneficial for specifically and efficiently capturing targeted substances.
This Special Issue focuses on the application of gels for adsorption and removal. The targeted substances include, but are not limited to, gaseous, liquid and solid states. The gaseous matters can be poisonous gases (e.g., SOx, NOx and CO), greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2, freon and CH4), etc. The liquid matters include wastewaters containing oils, heavy metal ions, ammonia ion, radioactive materials, dyes and antibiotics. The targeted solids are represented by a variety of particulates (e.g., haze, dust and microorganisms). This Special Issue also welcomes research on the adsorption and removal of other special states of matter, such as plasmas, supercritical materials, liquid crystals and superconductive materials. Therefore, the collected articles should not only focus on the preparation and characterization of gels, but also on their adsorption and removal properties. More importantly, the adsorption and removal mechanisms of gels, especially their structure–activity relationships, should also be highlighted. Additionally, this Special Issue covers gels for the absorption and controlled release of drugs in postoperative repair dressing and wound healing. For these applications, the gels should be constructed responsively or intelligently geared toward certain environmental stimulations, such as pH, light, a magnetic field, an electric field and temperature for controlled drug release.
We invite you to contribute a work to this third edition. The publication of original research articles, rapid communications and reviews in this Special Issue will make important contributions to developing gels for removal and adsorption.
Dr. Shiyang Li
Dr. Zhenxing Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerogels
- hydrogels
- membranes
- films
- adsorbents
- removal
- environmental science
- novel gels
- wastewater treatment
- microplastic adsorption
- drug adsorption/release
- environmental catalysis
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- Gels for Removal and Adsorption in Gels (16 articles)
- Gels for Removal and Adsorption (2nd Edition) in Gels (11 articles)
