Adsorption Mechanism of Novel Porous Materials in Wastewater Treatment 2.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: adsorption mechanism; clay; medical drug; molecular simulation; MOF material; halloysite
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue titled “Advanced Research of Plant Secondary Metabolism”. Environmental pollutants such as heavy metals and organic contaminants are discharged in a huge quantity from industries and agriculture. On the other hand, medical drugs such as antimicrobials are used for the therapeutic treatment of diseases in humans and animals such as cattle, swine, poultry, and fish for growth promotion. Today, as a consequence of the overuse of chemicals in agriculture and industries, and the rise in prescription medicines as polar molecule pollutants in the aquatic environment, we have found ourselves in a more hostile environment with many hazardous materials, with an omnipresent impact on the local environment. Today, this phenomenon has caused concerns because these discharged contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, can persist in the environment and be consumed by humans via the food chain or via drinking water in the long run. We cannot overemphasize the importance of the removal of adsorbents. Consequently, public detection, the investigation of their environmental behaviors, and their removal using different techniques have become an urgent issue, which is why various articles have discussed removal technologies and adsorption mechanisms—albeit only from a macroscopic or microscopic view, and not from the nanoscale.
The main objective of this Special Issue is to remind everyone of our collective responsibility with regards to removing environmental contaminants. We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to develop a detailed understanding of the kinetic molecular adsorption of pollutants and its mechanisms, and the morphological changes or lack thereof of porous materials.
Prof. Dr. Po-Hsiang Chang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porous materials
- nanominerals
- adsorption mechanism
- metal–organic framework materials
- heavy metals
- organic contaminants
- pharmaceuticals
- molecular simulation
- morphology
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