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.
- 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
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Nano Perception in the Remediation Arena
Part II NANOREMEDIATION WITH PROCESSES
2. Application of nanomaterials for adsorptive removal of various pollutants
from water bodies
3. Integrating Ecofriendly Nanomaterials in Deep-bed Filtration for Cleaning
up Industrial Wastewater
4. Photocatalysis: TiO 2, ZnO, and Species of Iron Oxides
5. Nanoscale silver enabled drinking water disinfection system
6. Disinfection using nanosilver/titanium dioxide (Ag/TiO2) and CNTs
7. Environmental applications of graphitic carbon nitride
8. ElectroKineticNanoremediation
9. Natural, Biosynthesized, Polymeric, and other RemediationNanoreagents
10. Environmental remediation utilization ofpolyurethanes/carbon
nanomaterial nanocomposites
PART III NANOBIOREMEDIATION
11. Microbial Nanotechnology
12. Nanobioremediation-New directions for environmental protection
13. Emerging trends in NANOBIOREMEDIATION
PART-IV GREEN NANOTECHNOLOGY
14. Future of Modern Society & Sustainability
Nashaat N. Nassar is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at theUniversity 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. Nassars has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers published or in press, given more than 150 technical presentations, edited two books, and filed sixpatents. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.
