Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Call for Papers: Special Issue on The use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and composites based on them and their applications in the field of removing heavy metals, drugs, and antibiotics: From Design to Applications (Des-App MOFs)
Lead Guest Editor
Bahman Ramavandi
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran (
b.ramavandi@bpums.ac.ir (this opens in a new tab); ramavandi_b@yahoo.com (this opens in a new tab)
Guest Editor
Marta Pazos
CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, BIOSUV Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, 36310 Vigo, Spain
mcurras@uvigo.gal (this opens in a new tab)
Water is one of the most critical resources worldwide; it is used daily in industries and is exposed to various chemicals, such as heavy metals and organic compounds (dyes, drugs, and antibiotics), which cause significant changes in water quality. Water quality is strongly related to human health, ecosystem safety, and economic development of the financial sector. There are various methods to remove pollutants from water and aqueous solutions. Some of these methods have disadvantages such as high economic cost, long time, and production of secondary pollution. Among the strategies that have received much attention in recent years are adsorption and catalytic methods for cleaning aqueous solutions. Most of the materials used as adsorbents and catalysts in adsorption and catalytic processes usually have low capacity, long operating time, and difficult separation. One of the materials that has received a lot of attention in adsorption and catalysis processes to improve the performance of the process is organic-metallic framework (MOF) compounds. These compounds have advantages like unique crystal structures, adjustable holes, high porosity, and small hole sizes.
In this special issue, we welcome original and review articles related to "MOFs application in the synthesis of catalysts/adsorbents for water works". In adsorption preparation, magnetized MOFs are more welcome. We also welcome MOF-based photo-catalysts.
Open for submissions: 15 May 2024
Deadline for submissions: 15 August 2024
All submitted papers will be subject to the same rigorous peer-review process as regular submissions to the journal. Upon publication, each author team will be provided with a free pdf file of the published article. We ask that you submit your manuscript directly to the ESPR editorial office by online submission at https://www.editorialmanager.com/espr (this opens in a new tab).
Please select “SI: Des-App MOFs” in the list of special issues configured in the 'Additional Information' submission step.
All manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal guidelines (https://www.springer.com/journal/11356/submission-guidelines (this opens in a new tab)).