Functional Polymeric Materials for Water Treatment
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editor
Interests: water treatment; molecularly imprinted polymers; pollutant removal; adsorption; functional materials; degradation and other environmental effects on polymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Polymers entitled “Functional Polymeric Materials for Water Treatment” addresses the interdisciplinary topic of polymeric materials and their applications in water and wastewater treatment. These treatment processes ensure safe and reliable water resources and contribute to sustainable development. Polymers have been employed in water and wastewater treatment for decades due to their physical and chemical properties and have demonstrated efficacy in removing pollutants. Recently, new advances have been made in the development of functional polymeric materials to improve material performance, which will play an important role in the field of water treatment in the coming years.
Authors are encouraged to present their original research and review papers in related areas. Potential contributions may include, but are not limited to:
- Synthesis, characterization, and application of functional polymeric materials for water treatment;
- Adsorption, osmosis, and filtration methods based on polymeric materials;
- Polymeric materials for the detection of water pollutants;
- Pollutant removal;
- Polymeric adsorbent materials;
- Molecularly imprinted polymers.
Dr. Juan Carlos Bravo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- polymeric materials
- water
- pollutants
- pollutant detection
- removal
- extraction
- adsorption
- treatment
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