chapter 1. Composite hydrogel materials / S. Kudaibergenov, Zh. Ibrayeva, M. Yashkarova, S. Kabdrakhmanova, and G. Tatykhanova -- chapter 2. Cryogels for affinity chromatography / Nilay Bereli, Deniz Turkmen, Handan Yavuz, Igor Yuri Galaev, and Adil Denizli -- chapter 3. Particulate/cell separations using macroporous monolithic matrices / Akshay Srivastava, Akhilesh Kumar Shakya, and Ashok Kumar -- chapter 4. Polysaccharide-based composite hydrogels for removal of pollutants from water / Junping Zhang and Aiqin Wang -- chapter 5. Iron oxide magnetic composite adsorbents for heavy metal pollutant removal / Doina Hritcu, Gianina Dodi, and Marcel Ionel Popa -- chapter 6. Biopolymer-zeolite composites as biosorbents for separation processes / Maria Valentina Dinu and Ecaterina Stela Dragan -- chapter 7. Metal-impregnated ion exchanger for selective removal and recovery of trace phosphate / Sukalyan Sengupta and Arup K. SenGupta -- chapter 8. Molecularly imprinted polymers for water polishing / Joanna Wolska and Marek Bryjak -- chapter 9. Biopolymer-based sorbents for metal sorption / Eric Guibal, Thierry Vincent, and Ricardo Navarro -- chapter 10. Mixed-mode sorbents in solid-phase extraction / N. Fontanals, F. Borrull, and Rosa Maria Marce -- chapter 11. Interpenetrating polymer network composite hydrogels and their applications in separation processes / Ecaterina Stela Dragan and Maria Valentina Dinu -- chapter 12. Toward adaptive self-informed membranes / Ioana Moleavin and Mihail Barboiu.