A Commemorative Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Moises Carreon
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Gas Separation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 3966
Special Issue Editors
Interests: catalysis; gas storage; renewable energy
Interests: porous materials; synthesis; adsorption; crystal growth; separations
Interests: rational design of nanomaterials for functional applications; plasma catalysis and interaction mechanisms between plasma; molten metals and porous materials; growth mechanisms of nanowires; porous crystalline membranes for chemical separations
Interests: nanoporous materials; porous membranes/coatings/thin films; membrane separation; CO2 capture and utilization; renewable fuel synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleauges,
Professor Moises A. Carreon focused on mission critical gas separations and provided bedrock research on the design of porous crystalline materials [1]. He became convinced (and equally convincing) that nearly any gas mixture could be separated without massive energy inputs during cryogenic distillation [2]. The fundamental strategies for separating gas mixtures over porous crystalline membranes—adsorption, diffusion, molecular sieving—guided his synthetic designs and resulted in many unique discoveries ranging from inorganic [3], metal organic [4], and purely organic membranes [5]. His latest research efforts were focused on process intensification using membrane technology [6].
This Special Issue aims to provide state-of-the-art contributions on critical gas membrane separations, which were Moises’ main career focus and leading research area. Submissions are not limited to separation applications, but can include membrane material designs for separation purposes and membrane applications, including process intensification.
Moises was a man of great talent and ingenuity. He was held in the highest regard by his peers and known for his kindness, collegiality, grit, creativity, diligence, and collaboration. He was an avid supporter of minority STEM students and was a champion for Diversity and Inclusion at the Colorado School of Mines. He touched many people’s lives, and he left a lasting positive impact on them. He was a person who was so alive in every way. He loved everything he did, whether it was work or personal, and he truly lived his life to the fullest. Though he was very young when he left us, he contributed with many teachings and an important legacy to science and engineering. He will be sorely missed by his students, colleagues, friends, and family.
References
1. Carreon, M.A. Porous crystals as membranes. Science 2020, 367, 624–625.
2. Carreon, M.A. Microporous crystalline molecular sieve membranes for molecular gas separations: what is next? ACS Mater. Lett. 2022, 4, 868–873.
3. Denning, S.; Lucero, J.; Koh, C.A.; Carreon, M.A. Chabazite zeolite SAPO-34 membranes for He/CH4 separation. ACS Mater. Lett. 2019, 1, 655–659.
4. Venna, S.R.; Carreon, M.A. Highly permeable zeolite imidazolate framework-8 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 76–78.
5. Krishnan, K.; Potter, A.L.; Koh, C.A.; Carreon, M.A. Helium recovery from natural gas over CC3 membranes. J. Membr. Sci. Lett. 2023, 3, 100042.
6. Gorky, F.; Nguyen, H.M.; Lucero, J.M.; Guthrie, S.; Crawford, J.M.; Carreon, M.A.; Carreon, M.L. CC3 porous organic cage crystals and membranes for the non-thermal plasma catalytic ammonia synthesis. Chem. Eng. J. Adv. 2022, 11, 100340.
Dr. James M. Crawford
Dr. Jolie M. Lucero
Dr. Maria L. Carreon
Prof. Dr. Miao Yu
Dr. Surendar Reddy Venna
Guest Editors
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