Application of Polymer Materials in Water Purification
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2025 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable technologies; adsorption; water treatment; water pollution; waste management; agricultural waste; lignocellulosic biomass; chemical modification; bioeconomy
Interests: adsorption; water treatment; lignocellulosic biomass; continuous adsorption; bioeconomy; water pollution; chemical modification; bi-functionalization; heterogeneous catalysis
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Interests: adsorption; water treatment; lignocellulosic biomass; water pollution; chemical modification; bi-functionalization; heterogeneous catalysis; publishing ethics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric materials are useful for diverse scientific, technical and industrial areas, offering sophisticated solutions to complex problems, with architecture tailored to the specific issue at hand. With the increasing complexity of water pollution due to the expansion of mining and industrial activities, it is imperative to develop new advanced polymeric materials capable of simultaneously removing a diverse range of pollutants from water, whether organic or inorganic, with a positive, negative or neutral charge. Furthermore, it is necessary to develop polymeric materials with a smaller fossil carbon footprint. These materials should emit less carbon dioxide in their production and should be preferably biodegradable or produced from a renewable source. This will ensure compliance with the principles of sustainable development established by the UN, green chemistry and a circular (bio)economy. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to compile a series of review articles and original research articles about the use of more sustainable/green polymeric materials obtained from renewable sources for water purification, whether for human consumption or for wastewater treatment. All articles that study materials in their raw or chemically modified form and that meet these requirements are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue.
Dr. Maia Luisa Cardoso
Prof. Dr. Leandro Gurgel
Prof. Dr. Liliane Catone Soares
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable technologies
- water treatment
- renewable materials
- adsorption
- circular bioeconomy
- complex pollution
- sustainable development
- alternative polymers
- safe water
- UN Agenda 2030
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