Advanced Functional Membranes for Ultrafast and Precise Ion Sieving
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 215
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The delicate design of sub-nanometer-scale selective filters in biological ion channels enables ultrafast and precise ion sieving that sustains the vital functions of living things. Such biological inspiration has motivated the pursuit of synthetic advanced functional membranes with comparable capability in ion regulation for the important applications of water desalination, medical dialysis, lithium extraction from seawater, blue energy harvesting, and so on. With more light shed on the molecular structures of ion channels and the underlying mechanisms of ion transport in extremely confined physical spaces, considerable efforts have been made to develop novel nanofiltration membranes, including nanoporous graphene, 2D material laminates, nucleopore track-etched polymer membranes, metal–organic framework and covalent organic framework membranes, etc. Emphasis has been placed on the scalability of ultrathin membranes with narrowly a distributed sub-nanometer pore size as well as the control of surface charge distribution inside those pores/channels to simultaneously achieve ultrahigh permeability and selectivity.
In this Special Issue, we aim to highlight recent progress in the design and development of advanced functional membranes for ultrafast and precise ion sieving as well as in the understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome. We anticipate that this Special Issue will provide meaningful insights and fundamental principles to mimic biological membrane systems for various applications.
Dr. Yahui Xue
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- precise ion sieving
- ultrafast ion diffusion
- synthetic ion channels
- sub-nanometer channels
- confined ion transport
- nanofiltration
