Advanced Chemical Approaches and Technologies in Water Treatment
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 983
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chemical approaches in water treatment; pollutant degradation; co-metabolism; microbial community structures; azo dye; anthraquinone dye; metagenomics; metaproteomics; molecular mechanism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of water treatment is to improve water quality to meet certain water quality standards. The scope of this new Special Issue includes chemical, biological, and biochemical processes aiming to increase sustainable water quality, as well as water environmental monitoring and remediation. This includes, but is not limited to, activated sludge processes, fixed biofilm processes, and combined biological processes; physical and chemical methods, such as granular media filtration, activated carbon adsorption, chemical precipitation, membrane processes, etc.; and natural treatment methods, such as stabilization ponds, oxidation ditches, and constructed wetlands.
We encourage submissions focusing broadly on molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and data analytics with biotechnological applications. We are also eager to publish papers describing biotechnological process development, including bioreactor design and scale-up.
Chemical and biological approaches in water treatment focuses on the following areas:
- Development and application of new chemical flocculant.
- Biodegradation.
- Anaerobic/aerobic treatment.
- Metabolic engineering.
- Cell-free and immobilized enzyme processes.
- Enzyme engineering, production, and analysis.
- Chemicals’ life cycle assessments and environmental impact analyses.
Dr. Xuehui Xie
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- wastewater
- refractory pollutants
- biodegradation
- chemical flocculants
- anaerobic/aerobic
- life cycle assessment
- environmental impact analysis
