Nanoremediation
Modern Technologies for Treatment of Environmental Pollutants
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Nanoremediation: Modern Technologies for Treatment of Environmental Pollutants is a comprehensive reference that highlights established nano-remediation practices, discusses their rapidly emerging applications in industry, and points out future research directions. The book provides researchers and scientists in academia and industry with a high-tech start-up that will revolutionize modern remediation practices. It condenses all relevant information on nano-remediation and provides an amalgamation of the latest trends in the field. In addition, the book handles the design and modeling of nano-remediation processes and the trends and challenges that nano-remediation is facing in various sectors. Special attention is given to approaches that lead to green and sustainable industrial developments, as well as to the legal, economical and toxicity aspects of nano-remediation.
Key Features
- Presents the latest knowledge on origin, identification and utilization of nanotechnology in remediation techniques
- Details all processes discovered so far for nano-remediation as modern technology for environmental pollutants
- Offers up-to-date knowledge on nano-bioremediation
- Explores nanotechnology as a green solution for the treatment of environmental pollutants
Readership
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and scientists in chemical engineering involved in environmental remediation, scientists and researchers working in (chemical) industry on commercial scale exploration of remediation
Table of Contents
- Part I: Introduction
1. Nano Perception in the Remediation Arena
2. Nano Candidates for Remediation
Part II: Nanoremediation with Processes (Adsorption, Photocatalysis, Redox reactions, Disinfection and Membranes)
3. Adsorption processes using ceramics, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon-based nanomaterials such as dendrimers and polymers
4. Photocatalysis: TiO2, ZnO, and species of iron oxides
5. Redox reactions process using nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI), nanoscale calcium peroxide, and others
6. Disinfection using nanosilver/titanium dioxide (Ag/TiO2) and CNTs
7. Nano Filtration systems Nano Ag/TiO2/Zeolites/Magnetite and CNTs
8. Electro–nanoremediation
9. Less-common remediation Nanoreagents
10. In-situ prepared nanocomposites for Fenton reactions
Part III: Nanobioremediation
11. Microbial Nanotechnology
12. Nanophyto Remediation
13. Emerging trends
Part IV: Green Nanotechnology
14. ELSI of Nano Remediation
15. Green Nano Remediation
16. Future of Modern Society and Sustainability
17. Conclusions
Product details
- No. of pages: 662
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2022
- Published: November 1, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128238745
About the Editors
Chaudhery Hussain
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD is an Adjunct Professor, Academic Advisor and Lab Director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, USA. His research is focused on Application of Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, in environment and analytical chemistry and various Industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as prolific author and editor of several (around 100) scientific monographs and books in his research areas.
Affiliations and Expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry and EVSc Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA
Nashaat Nassar
Nashaat N. Nassar is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary. He is an internationally recognized leader within the fields of nanotechnology for energy and environmental applications. The main goal of his research is to improve oil and gas quality, reduce gaseous emissions and advance water recyclability using innovative technologies.
He has been widely recognized through several awards including the first place Global Research Initiative (GRI) Concept to Commercialization award (2019) and Emerging Leader in Chemical Engineering National Award (2018). Dr. Nassar’s has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers published or in press, given more than 150 technical presentations, edited two books, and filed six patents.
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada