Block Copolymer-Based Membranes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Analysis and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2019)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: block copolymers; RAFT polymerization; self-assembly; polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA); hybrid material; block copolymer membranes; metal and covalent organic frameworks (MOF and COF)
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to submit your original work or a review article to this Special Issue on “Block Copolymer-based Membranes”.
Membranes are crucial to many aspects of our modern lives, from water purification to energy and food production/storage and pharmaceutics. Membrane-based technologies offer numerous advantages compared to other separation techniques, mainly in terms of energy consumption. To make an efficient membrane, high selectivity (uniform pores) and high flux (high pore density) need to be coupled. Large scale production with affordable prices should also be feasible. Membranes made from polymers are advantageous compared to their ceramic (inorganic) counterparts as the former are cheaper and often easier to produce and handle. Block copolymers are perfect candidates for the fabrication of membranes, since they are inexpensive, processable and able to form nanostructures. In addition, it is rather easy to convey functionality to them via the use of functional monomers or post-polymerization modifications. With the recent advances in polymerization techniques it is relatively easy to prepare block copolymers with the desired molecular weight, functionality and architecture. The use of these tailor-made block copolymers in membrane fabrication would assist the progress towards the development of functional isoporous membranes with high pore densities.
This issue is devoted to membranes prepared from block copolymers, as this topic has attracted increasing interest in recent years. Work on all aspects of membranes (preparation, characterisation, functionality, application, performance, modelling, etc.) using block copolymers is welcome.
We are looking forward to receiving your work for this Special Issue.
Dr. Mona Semsarilar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymeric membranes
- block copolymers
- functional membranes
- isoporous membranes
- composite membranes
- asymetric membranes
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