Current Advances in Polymer Composite and Nanocomposite Membranes
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 412
Special Issue Editors
Interests: membrane gas separation; membrane preparation; hollow fibers; polymer blends; petrochemical industry; transport phenomena; food packaging
Interests: polymer thin films; mixed matrix membranes; membrane preparation; hollow fibers; modelling; green chemistry; membrane design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In order to promote a scenario of sustainable growth, a more efficient use of natural resources is strongly recommended. Membranes, capable of facing the requirements of a circular economy by virtue of their intrinsic eco-friendly characteristics and low energy requirements, have a growing role to perform separation processes.
For the membrane development, a single material, even if very valuable, could not fully express its potential if not combined to an adequate support.
Thus, composite and nanocomposite membranes are the highest expression of this innovative technology, coupling high performance and low costs. They presuppose the most profitable combination of materials with a different nature and characteristics, taking advantage of the synergistic action that they can achieve during their use.
Composite membranes are obtained as multiple overlapped thin layers, where the active one performs the "separative" tasks, while the others provide mechanical resistance to the structure. Extremely thin films can be practically applied only by using this approach, by separately optimizing the preparation of each layer. Nanocomposite membranes embrace nanofillers dispersed within polymeric matrices that offer the possibility to the former to express their superior properties. However, their effective development is not trivial, since different and arduous challenges must be addressed.
With this in mind, this volume seeks representative examples of the most recent developments achieved in the field of composite and nanocomposite membranes, in a wide range of applications, also of industrial interest.
Thank you very much!
Dr. Paola Bernardo
Dr. Gabriele Clarizia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composite membranes
- nanocomposites
- thin films
- protective coatings
- mixed matrix membranes
- biopolymers
- gas separation
- water desalination
- fuel cells
- food packaging
- drug delivery
- reverse osmosis
