Special Issues

In developed and developing countries, micro-pollutants are thought to pose a challenge in the decades to come. Due to the significance of their health impacts, measuring them is essential and also difficult due to a variety of factors, including a dearth of device accuracy, the need for qualified human resources, and the expense associated with conducting the assessments. As a result, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) improves measurement efficiency while also lowering the possibility of human error. This Special Issue examines the use of AI techniques in the area of environmental analytical chemistry with a focus on the detection of micro pollution in air, water, and soil environments. The primary goal of this issue is to identify various AI applications such as big data calculations for pollution tracking and developing predictive systems.

Megacities are experiencing some health crises connected to the release of pollutants into water resources as a result of increased urbanization and industrialization. whereas some researchers suggest an adsorption process for the decontamination of pollution from the environment. Adsorption is popular from the viewpoints of operators and principals because of its ease of operation, low cost of investment, low energy requirement, and ability to meet sustainability goals. While there are many criteria for designing adsorption-based systems, Therefore, it is a multi-objective problem for programming. Thus, the application of metaheuristics is clear due to the scheduling of the problems. Some different criteria in these types of problems include financial cost, regeneration, competitive conditions, adsorption capacity, adsorption kinetics, and adsorption thermodynamics. This special issue follows new aspects of metaheuristic algorithm applications for designing adsorption processes that are applied for decontamination of water resources.

New frameworks in the areas of green technologies in urban settings are the focus of this themed issue. The primary goal of this topic is to discuss how the SDGs are being implemented in both high- and low-middle-income countries' megacities, with a focus on ideas like the water-energy Nexus, smart cities, circularity, and sustainability.

1 St Special Issue on Mechanics of Composite Materials 2020 (MCM2020)