
Nano-Bioremediation: Fundamentals and Applications
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Key Features
- Explores the current and potential applications of nano-bioremediation in the remediation of hazardous pollutants
- Outlines the major properties and classes of nanomaterials that make them efficient bioremediation agents
- Assesses the major challenges of effectively implementing bioremediation techniques at the nanoscale
Readership
Materials scientists and engineers
Table of Contents
PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Nano-bioremediation: an introduction
2. Classification, potential routes, and risks of emerging pollutants
3. Characterization of nanomaterials used in nano-bioremediation
4. Nanotoxicity and antibacterial properties of nanomaterials, when used in nano-bioremediation
5. Interactions of nanomaterials with microbesPART 2: NANOMATERIALS-BASED BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR AIR REMEDIATION
6. Nano-bioremediation for air remediation: an introduction
7. Bionanosensors to detect (and quantify) air pollutants (nanobiosensors for virus detection in the air)
8. Nanomaterials for biological membrane in filtration processes (immobilization of nanoparticles in the filtration of bio-membrane structures)
9. Bioremediation of air using microorganisms encapsulated within a nanoshell (nanocontainer/nanocapsule)
10. Nanomaterials in bioadsorbents for airborne particulate matter
11. Nano-bioremediation for indoor air treatment
12. Toxicity/risk assessment of nanomaterials when used in air remediation
13. Nanomaterials for biological- and physicochemical-combination processesPART 3: NANOMATERIALS-BASED BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR WATER REMEDIATION
14. Nano-bioremediation for water remediation: an introduction
15. Nanostructured catalytic biomembranes for water filtration
16. Nano-biocatalysts for wastewater remediation and redefining of pollutants
17. Nano-biosorbents to remove contaminants from water matrices
18. Enzyme-linked nanomaterials to mitigate emerging contaminants
19. Toxicity/risk assessment of nanomaterials when used in water remediationPART 4: NANOMATERIALS-BASED BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SOIL REMEDIATION
20. Nano-bioremediation for soil remediation: an introduction
21. Soil contamination, risk assessment, and nano-bioremediation
22. Nanobiosensors for soil quality monitoring
23. Bioremediation of organic pesticides using nanomaterials
24. Nano-sorbents to remove heavy metal pollutants
25. Nano-bioremediation of insecticides and herbicides
26. Toxic risks of nanomaterials used in soil remediationPART 5: CURRENT PILOT/INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE SCOPE
27. Pilot scale treatment of environment using nano-bioremediation
28. Current challenges, research gaps, and measures
29. Enforcement and legislation
30. Future perspectives
Product details
- No. of pages: 588
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: November 8, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128239629
- eBook ISBN: 9780128241684
About the Editors
Hafiz Iqbal
Affiliations and Expertise
Muhammad Bilal
Affiliations and Expertise
Tuan Anh Nguyen
Affiliations and Expertise
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