Functional Nanostructured Membranes

Enrico Drioli is emeritus professor at the School of Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy; WCU distinguished visiting professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea; and distinguished adjunct professor at the Center of Excellence in Desalination Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. His research activities focus on membrane science and engineering, including membranes in artificial organs; integrated membrane processes; membrane preparation, transport phenomena, distillation, and contactors; and catalytic membranes and their reactors. Lidietta Giorno has been director of the ITM-CNR since 2009. She is an expert on membrane science and technology and one of the scientists of the highest scientific profile who are engaged in the development of the country. She received the 2011 Guido Dorso Award for research, sponsored by the Italian Senate and the University of Naples Federico II, and the Sapio Red Carpet Award in 2016.Annarosa Gugliuzza has been research scientist at the ITM-CNR since 2001. She has a strong background in chemistry and materials science and technology and is an expert in the design of nanostructured membranes with high levels of organization, structure, chemistry, and dynamics, along with associated properties, including sensing, wetting, self-cleaning, separation, transport, and catalysis.

• Introduction and perspective of nanostructured membranes in strategic fields. Modeling and simulation for selective separation. Fabrication of highly ordered porous membranes. Nanostructured ion-exchange membranes; 2D materials for ultrathin membranes. Nanostructured materials membranes for gas separation. Nanostructured zeolite membranes. Catalytic membrane nanoreactors. Nanofunctional membranes for self-cleaning separations. Nanostructured coatings for water treatment. Nano-assembled membranes for smart textiles. Nanostructured porous membranes for Membrane Distillation and Membrane Crystallization. Biosensors from nanostructured membranes. Nanoengineered membranes in biotechnology. Nanostructures for controlled release. Nanostructured Membranes for the Engineering of Organs and Tissues