Themes and topics
Themes ICIM2024
The conference program will address a range of contemporary inorganic membrane topics including (but not limited to):
Membrane Materials
- Porous and dense oxide ceramic membranes (e.g., metal oxides, oxide perovskites)
- Porous and dense non-oxide ceramic membranes (e.g., silica-based, carbides, nitrides, borides, halide perovskites)
- Porous and dense mineral-based membranes (e.g., zeolites, cordierites, apatites)
- Carbon-based, 2D materials (e.g., graphene, graphene oxide), 1D materials (e.g., nanotubes), and nanomaterials membranes
- Hybrid and composite membranes (e.g., Mixed Matrix Membranes, Metal Organic Frameworks)
- Porous and dense metallic membranes
- Gate-effect membranes
- Stimuli-responsive membranes
Membrane processes
- Transport / Modeling / Simulation
- Process design / Economics / Life cycle assessment
- Process intensification
- Module and reactor design
- New characterization methods (e.g., coupled or in-situ strategies)
- Fouling control
- Scale-up and membrane production technology
Membrane applications
- Energy / Electrochemical applications (e.g., batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers)
- Food application / Biorefinery
- Biotechnology / Biomedical / Pharma
- Water / Wastewater
- Contactors / Percrystallization
- Membrane reactors
- Molecular separations (e.g., gas separation, vapor separation, azeotrope breaking)
- Environmental protection and climate impact mitigation (e.g., carbon capture, wastewater treatment, desalination)
- Other applications