Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Water Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

Water pollution has become one of the great threats to the ecological environment and human health. Polymer materials show great potential in wastewater treatment because of their unique physical and chemical properties, such as large molecular weight, controllable structure, large surface area and easy modification. With the rapid development of materials science, new polymer materials show excellent performance, such as new flocculants, scale inhibitors, functional filtration membranes, ion-exchange resins, selective adsorption materials, modified functional fibers, as well as nanocomposite materials and hybrid nanomaterials used in microbial fuel cell electrodes. Functional polymer materials have been widely used in the field of wastewater pollution control.

Based on the above information, we would like to publish a Special Issue (SI) pertaining to recent advances in functional polymer materials for water treatment. This SI aims to provide a platform for researchers to disseminate recent advances in the fundamentals, science and technology of polymeric materials for use in water treatment. High-quality original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications related to the following areas are encouraged:

• Polymeric coagulant and adsorbent for water purification;
• Polymeric separation membrane and ion-exchange resins for water treatment and reuse;
• Polymeric materials for enhancing biological water treatment (filler, bioaugmentation agents, etc.);
• Polymeric materials for use as water treatment equipment, anti-scale, scale removal, corrosion inhibition, and the suppression of bacteria and algae;
• Fabrication, modification and characterization of polymeric materials for water treatment;
• Other polymeric material-related applications for pollutant removal and detection in water (filtration, catalytic oxidation, electrode, sensors, etc.).

Dr. Zhiwei Wang
Dr. Tongtong Wang
Prof. Dr. Yanzhu Guo
Dr. Jian Zhang
Guest Editors

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