Nanomaterials and Nanostructures: Emergent Water Purification Technologies

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A:Physics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2022) | Viewed by 808

Special Issue Editor

Department of Physics, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, USA
Interests: nanotechnology; atomic force microscopy; nanoparticle membranes; slip length; line tension; water purification
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With an ever-increasing global population comes an increased demand for economical sources of freshwater needed to sustain life. With only a few percent of all water on Earth being freshwater, and with only a fraction of a single percent of Earth’s available freshwater being accessible, having access to freshwater is a global problem. Additionally, the pollution of freshwater sources in areas where freshwater scarcity is already an issue compounds this problem. In recent years, the scientific community has witnessed new innovative filtration technologies developed from layers of porous self-assembled monolayers of gold nanoparticle membranes, monolayers of aligned carbon nanotubes, and porous graphene sheets, with many other systems spanning this wide range. All these recent novel advances in filtration membranes and separation technologies are working towards the same common goal, purifying one of our most vital resources on Earth, water.

Collectively, this Special Issue of Micromachines seeks to highlight recent research using nanoparticles, functionalized nanoparticles, self-assembled nanoparticles or nanostructures, or novel functionalized or nonfunctionalized nanoporous materials for water filtration, or alternatively for contaminant concentration in water for increased contaminant detection. Full research papers and review papers are welcome for systems that highlight successful contaminant removal from water using such nanomaterials. Papers presenting systems that demonstrate a controllable wide range of selectivity for specific contaminants are especially welcome; this contaminant selectivity can either be passively inherent to the filters, controlled during filter fabrication, or actively controlled during filtration.

Everyone at Micromachines is looking forward to receiving your submissions!

Prof. Dr. Sean P. McBride
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • freshwater
  • nanoparticle
  • self-assembled
  • filtration
  • membrane
  • separation
  • purification
  • porous
  • nanomaterial
  • nanostructure
  • detection

Published Papers

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