Progress in Polymer Membranes and Films
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Membranes and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 28980
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polyimides; block copolymer membranes; crosslinking of polymer membranes; gas/liquid separations
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Interests: microporous polymers; PAN membranes; synthesis of new monomers; tailor-made polymers for membrane applications in gas- and liquid-phase separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Humanity is nowadays troubled with three major concerns: energy that results from record oil prices, water shortages that derive from resource depletion, and global warming resulting from changing climate conditions. Membrane technology advances could offer approaches to, partially, solve or hinder such issues, as it combines several technology areas including materials science and engineering, chemistry and chemical engineering, separation and purification phenomena, molecular simulation, as well as process and product design. Polymeric membranes are a significant part of membrane science. Often, the use of innovative newly developed membranes is hindered due to drawbacks such as the lack of thermal stability and chemical resistance.
This Special Issue covers all kinds of polymeric membranes with various geometries (flat-sheet, hollow fiber, electrospun, nanofibrous, etc.), with improved physical properties designed for the application. In this context, the main subjects of interest are:
- Membrane development (including synthesis of new monomers/polymers);
- Membrane crosslinking;
- Membrane performance characterization;
- Membrane transport properties.
Dr. Sofia Rangou
Dr. Volkan Filiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymeric membranes
- thin film composite membranes
- mixed matrix membranes
- crosslinking of membranes
- nano-filtration
- ultra-filtration
- gas permeation