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Advances in Porous Hydrophobic Membrane Materials for Membrane Distillation
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10023 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrophobic porous membrane; membrane distillation; anti-fouling; anti-wetting; configuration design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Applications of Membrane Filtration and Separation
edited by and Su-En Wu
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1426 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane filtration; liquid/solid separation; gas/solid separation; emulsion separation; microfiltration and ultrafiltration; membrane technology; filtration process design; desalination; wastewater treatment; membrane bioreactors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Membrane Proteins: New Insights into Structure, Dynamics and Functions
edited by and
submission deadline 19 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane proteins; solubilization methods; nanodisc technologies; lipid– protein interactions; synthetic biology; genetic manipulation; structural biology; functional studies; artificial intelligence; machine learning; computational biology; screening tools; high-throughput methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Membrane and Other Innovative Technologies for Water Purification: Design, Development, and Application submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15278 | Submission Open
Keywords: membranes; water and wastewater treatment; filtration; adsorption; new material synthesis and characterization; activated carbon; aluminosilicates
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Advanced Membranes for Fuel Cells and Redox Flow Batteries
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15210 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cell; redox flow battery; proton-exchange membranes; cation-exchange membranes; anion-exchange membranes; porous membranes; amphoteric membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Energy)
A Commemorative Special Issue in Honor of Professor Simon Judd submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3844 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Bipolar Membranes: New Trends and Prospects
edited by Xiaoli Ge, Subarna Kole and Hengzhou Liu
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: bipolar membranes; electrochemistry; polymers; water electrolysis; fuel cell
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Energy)
Recent Advances in Biomembrane Models for Studying Interactions with Bio-/Molecules
edited by and Katarzyna Gębczak
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17745 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug– membrane interaction; polyphenols– membrane interaction; bioactive compounds; model lipid membranes; membrane proteins; membrane phospholipid composition; membrane channels; surfactants; new drug targets; cancer multidrug resistance; cancer chemoprevention; anticancer compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Composition and Biophysical Properties of Lipid Membranes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10199 | Submission Open
Keywords: mimetic membrane model systems; membrane permeability; membrane dynamics; cell recognition and signaling; lipid rafts; lipid– protein interactions; biophysical methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Membrane Distillation and Other Membrane-Related Applications for Water Cleaning and Desalination
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8831 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane distillation; desalination; wastewater cleaning; pollutants removal; modeling; novel materials; innovative fabrication techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Membrane Technologies in Food Processing
edited by Katia Rezzadori, Giordana Demaman Arend and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6190 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane processing technology; food processing; microbial inhibition; microfiltration; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; forward membrane; separation; membranes for innovative and functional foods; integrated membrane systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Design, Synthesis and Applications of Ion Exchange Membranes submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6094 | Submission Open
Keywords: ion exchange membranes; design; applications; structure– property relationship; chemical stabilization; ion transport enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Membranes and Membrane Reactors for Gas Purification and Production: Towards More Sustainable Processes
edited by Pasquale F. Zito
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4422 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane synthesis; membrane characterization; membrane reactors; H2 production; CH4 upgrading; CO2 removal; zeolite membranes; polymeric membranes; palladium membranes; green processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Gas Separation)
Nanofiltration Membranes: Preparation, Structure and Separation Performance
edited by and Wenjuan Zhang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3759 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric nanofiltration membranes; inorganic nanofiltration membranes; novel membrane preparation methods; novel membrane characterization methods; nanofiltration membranes with enhanced performance and stability; fouling study of nanofiltration membranes; relationship between structure and performance; applications of nanofiltration membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Electrodialysis and Novel Electro-Membrane Processes
edited by and Junbin Liao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2623 | Submission Open
Keywords: ion-exchange membrane; electrodialysis; desalination; concentration; selective separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Membrane Application: Separation, Purification and Recovery of Metals in Industrial Wastes
edited by Paula Jungwon Choi
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1989 | Submission Open
Keywords: heavy metal recovery; membrane process; wastewater treatment; ceramic membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes in Energy Conversion and Storage submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1952 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM); energy conversion; energy conversion devices; energy storage; fuel cell; electrolyzer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Energy)
Advanced Fabrication Techniques and Applications for High-Performance Polymer Membranes
edited by and Shu Yang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1709 | Submission Open
Keywords: hollow fiber membrane; nanofiber membrane; polymer membrane; membrane separation; advanced polymer science; high-performance membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Nanoporous Framework Membranes: Structural Design and Versatile Separation
edited by Yujie Ban
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane; metal-organic frameworks; covalent-organic frameworks; hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks; supramolecular organic frameworks; structural design; versatile separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Biological Membranes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological membranes; molecular dynamics simulations; lipid bilayers; membrane proteins; lipid– protein interactions; membrane dynamics; ion channels; membrane permeability; membrane fusion and fission; computational biophysics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Membrane Systems for Metal Ion Extraction, 2nd Edition
edited by Michiaki Matsumoto
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal separation; ionic liquid; deep eutectic solvent; liquid membrane; electrodialysis; reverse osmosis; nanofiltration; extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Ion-Selective Electrodes and Membrane-Based Ion Sensing Devices: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane materials; solid-contact ion-selective electrodes; ionophore-based membrane; new signal transduction proposal; wearable sensors; environmental analysis; ion sensing devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Studies in Immune Evasion and Membrane Fusion of Virus
edited by Panke Qu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: immune evasion; membrane fusion; emerging viruses; glycoproteins; host factors; fusion-peptide; glycan; structure; vaccines; antivirals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Manufacture and Functionalization Modification of Membranes for Separation
edited by Lijun Meng and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane manufacture; membrane modification; membrane separation technique; green fabrication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Nanofiltration Membranes for Organic Pollutants Removal
edited by Qingquan Ma
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic pollutants; nanofiltration membranes; selective separation; membrane surface modification; electrostatic interactions; membrane performance optimization; membrane technology scale-up; hybrid treatment systems; membrane process modeling; environmental remediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Preparation and Application of Nanofiltration Membranes
edited by
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanofiltration; desalination; membrane fouling; organic solvent nanofiltration; interfacial polymerization; molecular separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Membrane Technology for Sustainable Environmental Applications submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane operation; water recovery; nutrients separation; water desalination; sustainable technologies; hypersaline solutions; bioseparation; biogas upgrading; hydrogen separation; waste valorization; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Application of Membrane Materials in Bioseparation and Downstream Processing
edited by Wei Zhang and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16542 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane material; membrane chromatography; membrane filtration; bioseparation; downstream processing; charactarization; process development; process optimization; scale up; mechnisitic study; process modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Advances in Porous Membrane and Its Applications
edited by Abdelkrim Abourriche and Younes Abouliatim
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane technology; water treatment; desalination; gas separation; membrane materials; sustainability; membrane fabrication; performance optimization; industrial applications; environmental engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Biomolecular Interactions with Cell and Model Membranes: Integrating Biophysical Experiments and Computational Simulations
edited by and Antônio José da Costa Filho
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomolecular interactions; model membranes; liposomes; micelles; lipid bilayers; membrane biophysics; protein– membrane interactions; peptide– membrane interactions; drug– membrane interactions; biophysical characterization; spectroscopic techniques; molecular dynamics simulations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Metal-Organic Framework-Based Membranes for Applications in Molecular Separation
edited by , Jie Gao and Qipeng Zhao
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane separation; desalination; wastewater treatment; gas separation; gas purification; metal– organic framework; anti-fouling; MOF membranes; thin-film nanocomposite; mixed-matrix membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Membrane Fouling Control: Mechanism, Properties, and Applications
edited by , and Miaolu He
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4085 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane fouling control; membrane fouling mechanism; membrane filtration technology; advanced pretreatment method; hybrid filtration systems; fouling-resistant membrane; membrane surface modification; self-cleaning membrane
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Biological Membrane Dynamics and Reorganization Induced by Light Changes submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6064 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane biophysics; thylakoid membrane dynamics; dynamic interactions and reorganization; transient complexes; dynamic changes in protein– membrane organization; protein/lipid hydrophobic mismatch as a driving force; lipid-phase induced enzyme activation; lipid sorting; protein oligomerization; molecular dynamics simulations; X-ray; cryo-EM and NMR structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Membrane Systems: From Artificial Models to Cellular Applications
edited by Tao Chen and Dongxia Wang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3405 | Submission Open
Keywords: model membrane; membrane protein; plasma membrane; membrane dynamics; cellular processes; molecular dynamics simulation; hybrid membrane systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Electrochemical Membranes for Micropollutant Removal
edited by Clémence Coetsier and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1540 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical membranes; micropollutants; water and wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application, 2nd Edition
edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 940 | Submission Open
Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon  ; adsorption  ; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Membrane Process Optimization and Membrane Design submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; membrane process; process optimization; membrane design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Carbon-Nanomaterial-Based Membranes: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application
edited by Yichen Wu, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; separation techniques; membrane modification; membrane process intensification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Interfacial Interactions of Nanoparticles and Molecular Nanostructures with Model Membrane Systems submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open
Keywords: monolayers; bilayers; liposomes; atomic force microscopy (AFM); fluorescence microscopy; X-ray and neutron scattering; nanoparticles; macromolecules; enzymes; protein– lipid interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Membranes)
Development, Characterization, and Application of Electrochemical Membranes for Micropollutant Removal
edited by Wenli Jiang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical membrane; micropollutants; catalytic oxidation/reduction; water and wastewater treatment; resource recovery; reactive membrane stability; membrane anti-fouling; membrane regeneration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Research Progress of Hemodialysis Membrane Technology
edited by Sumarni Mansur and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: hemodialysis membrane; uremic toxin removal; membrane fabrication; biocompatibility; surface modification; dialysate regeneration; functional membranes; advanced membrane materials; biomedical membranes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Polymeric Membranes Engineered for Different Separation Processes submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: flat-sheet membrane; hollow fiber membrane; electrospun nanofibrous membrane; mixed matrix membrane; water treatment; gas separation; membrane distillation; pervaporation; reverse/forward osmosis; micro/ultra/nanofiltration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
Innovative Membrane Materials and Systems for Electrodialysis and Electro-Driven Separations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: ion exchange membranes (IEMs); electrochemical membrane systems; electrodialysis; reverse electrodislydis; electrolysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Other Areas)
Composite Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation
edited by and Gengyi Zhang
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon capture; organic vapor separation; composite membranes; mixed matrix membranes; interfacial engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Gas Separation)
Biomass-Based Nanofiltration Membranes for Sustainable Chemical Separation
edited by and Yanlian Xu
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; nanofiltration membrane; water purification; ionic separation; organic solvent nanofiltration; high flux and rejection; antifouling; mass transport; new separation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Membranes Processes for Marine Environment
edited by and Clémence Cordier
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5926 | Submission Open
Keywords: sea water; membrane processes; industrial applications; microalgae; aquaculture; aquapony; drinking water; reverse osmosis; ultrafiltration; membrane distillation; purification; extraction of interest compounds; biofouling; osmotic pressure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Membrane Technologies for Water Purification
edited by , and Carmen M. Sánchez-Arévalo
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15020 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane processes; emergent membrane processes; water and wastewater treatment; water reclamation; pollutants removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Green Membrane Technologies: Advancements in Materials and Energy Efficiency for Water Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8449 | Submission Open
Keywords: green membranes; nanoenabled membranes; energy-efficient water treatment; sustainable desalination; photothermal membranes; photocatalytic membranes; membrane materials; wastewater treatment; hybrid membrane systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
Mathematical and Computational Modelling in Membrane Separations: From Preparation to Processes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2220 | Submission Open
Keywords: transport models; membrane properties prediction; membrane process optimisation; numerical simulations; thermodynamic modelling; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); molecular modelling; data-driven modelling; multi-scale models; structure– processing– property relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
New Trends in Membrane Technologies for Removal of Hazardous Pollutants
edited by Guangze Nie
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2045 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane technologies; hazardous pollutant removal; water– air purification; emerging contaminants; sustainable separation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Membrane Applications for Water Treatment)
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