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Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants
Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Nadeem A Khan, Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado, Arshad Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 2 7 0 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 2 7 1 - 4
Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants: Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects serves as a comprehensive guide to all aspects of emerging contaminant… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants: Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects serves as a comprehensive guide to all aspects of emerging contaminant detection, monitoring, analysis, and remediation. This book provides a theoretical overview and practical guidance for researching all the fundamental aspects of emerging contaminants including transformations and toxicology of emerging pollutant and contaminants. In addition to outlining recent advances to existing detection techniques to monitor emerging contaminants, this book provides case studies for new remediation, transformation and monitoring techniques, including those that utilize green technology and nanotechnology. Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants will be a valuable guide for researchers, academics and industry experts working with environmental monitoring end emerging contaminants – including chemists and chemical engineers working on new analysis and remediation or transformation strategies to tackle the removal of environmental contaminants. This book will also be a useful guide to policy makers looking at pollution and contaminant control measures or students at graduate level and above working in waste treatment and remediation.
• Covers promising routes and techniques for emerging contaminant degradation, such as treatments using green technology and the inclusion of AI/ML and biosensors in emerging contaminant detection.
• Details the latest developments in treatment technologies for emerging contaminants like adsorption, photocatalysis, and renewable energy approaches to support method evaluation and optimization.
• Discusses the environmental and health impacts of various emerging contaminants, including possible future impacts and current remediation strategies.
• Evaluates modelling approaches that can be used to analyze and monitor emerging contaminants and predict treatment performance to guide system design and operation.
• Details the latest developments in treatment technologies for emerging contaminants like adsorption, photocatalysis, and renewable energy approaches to support method evaluation and optimization.
• Discusses the environmental and health impacts of various emerging contaminants, including possible future impacts and current remediation strategies.
• Evaluates modelling approaches that can be used to analyze and monitor emerging contaminants and predict treatment performance to guide system design and operation.
Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants will be a valuable guide for researchers, academics and industry experts working with environmental monitoring end emerging contaminants – including chemists and chemical engineers working on new analysis and remediation or transformation strategies to tackle the removal of environmental contaminants.
Part 1: Introduction to Emerging contaminants presence in water and soil Chapter 1: Sources and occurrence of Emerging pollutants in water environments 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Various types of Emerging pollutants (EPs) 1.3 Different type of EPs and its Origin and structural Properties 1.4 Conclusion 1.5 References Chapter 2: Environmental Chemistry and toxicity of Emerging contaminants 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Various routes of pollutant removal 2.3. Different types of techniques for the removal of contaminants 2.4. Proposed various routes for removal of contaminants 2.5. Future Challenges for pollutant removal 2.6. Conclusion 2.7. References Chapter 3: Health effects of Emerging contaminants on human health and its toxicity 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Mechanism of emerging contaminant removal 3.3. Effect of Emerging contaminants on human health 3.4. Toxicology of Emerging contaminants in the water environments 3.5 Effect of Emerging pollutants in aquaculture 3.6 Effect of Emerging pollutants in soil culture 3.7 Health effects due to source contamination and trace elements presence. 3.8 Future Challenges and Prospective 3.9 Conclusion 3.10. References Chapter 4: Nanomaterial based material for Emerging contaminant removal 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Role of nanomaterial for pollutant removal 4.3 Mechanism and route for pollutant removal 4.4 Adsorption mechanism for pollutant removal 4.5 Nanomaterial (porous carbons, MOFs) for emerging pollutant removal 4.6 Future challenges and prospective 4.7 Conclusion 4.8 References Chapter 5. MXene polymer composite for Emerging contaminants removal 5.1 Introduction 5.2: 2D material for merging pollutant removal 5.3 Mechanism of Mxene polymer for emerging contaminants removal 5.4 adsorption mechanism for 2D material for pollutant removal 5.5 Future challenges and prospective for 2D material for pollutant removal 5.6 Conclusion 5.7 References Part 2: Detection and monitoring of Emerging contaminants in light of green technology Chapter 6: Fundamentals and mechanism of Emerging contaminants degradation 6.1. Introduction to Emerging Contaminants and Green Technology 6.2. Fundamental mechanism of Emerging contaminants degradation 6.3. Factor affecting Emerging contaminants degradation 6.4. Various mechanisms for adsorption and another Emerging contaminant’s decay process. 6.5 Various detection methods and standards used globally. 6.6 Advancements in Green Chemistry for Contaminant Detection 6.7 Green Nanotechnology for Contaminant Detection 6.8 Exploration of nanotechnology-based approaches for detecting emerging contaminants. 6.9 Discussion on the environmental implications and sustainability of nanomaterials. 6.10 Case Studies and Applications of Green Technologies in Contaminant Detection 6.11 Future Challenges and Prospective 6.12. Conclusion 6.13. References Chapter 7: Kinetic and isotherm Emerging contaminants degradation in water and wastewater treatment 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Kinetic and isotherm model 7.3. Various models developed for water and wastewater purification 7.4. Current and future challenges of various models in water and wastewater purification 7.5 Future challenges and prospective 7.6. Conclusion 7.7. References Chapter 8: Promising route and technique Emerging contaminants degradation 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Various empirical Emerging contaminants decay models (AI/ML) 8.3. Advanced model for water and wastewater purification 8.4. Current and future challenges of empirical models (AI/ML) 8.5 Future Challenges and Prospective 8.5. Conclusion 8.6. References Chapter 9: Emerging contaminants for photocatalytic application 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Emerging contaminants treatment using Photocatalysis method 9.3. Advanced treatment methods for specific contaminants. 9.4. Current and future challenges of treatment methods 9.5. Conclusion 9.6. References Chapter 10: Development of an empirical kinetic model for adsorption mechanism for water treatment 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Various empirical kinetic model 10.3. Advanced model for water and wastewater purification 10.4 Mechanism of adoption model for wastewater treatment 10.4. Current and future challenges of empirical models 10.5. Conclusion 10.6. References Part 3: Emerging Contaminants Transportation Mechanisms Chapter 12: Properties and adsorption mechanism of biological contaminants 12.1. Introduction to biological methods for emerging contaminants removal 12.2. Properties and mechanism of cyanobacterial toxins removal: adsorption and inactivation of emerging contaminants 12.3. Properties and mechanism of bacterial removal: adsorption and inactivation 12.4. Properties and mechanism of protozoa species removal: adsorption and inactivation for emerging contaminants 12.5. Properties and mechanism of virus’s removal: adsorption and inactivation 12.6. Conclusion 12.7 References Chapter 13: Properties and Transportation Mechanism 13.1 Introduction to emerging pollutants in water and wastewater 13.2. Different types of organic pollutants and transportation mechanisms in water 13.3. Different types of organic pollutants and transportation mechanisms in soil 13.4 Future Challenges and Prospective 13.4. Conclusion 13.5. References Chapter 14: 2D- polymer material for Emerging contaminant removal 14.1 Intotruction 14.2 Mechnism of 2D -polymer for pollutant removal 14.3 Various Nanomaterials for pollutant removal 14.4 Future prospective and challenges 14.5 Conclusion 14.6 References Part 4: Health Effects of emerging Contaminants in water and soil Chapter 15: Ecological affect associated with Emerging Contaminants 15.1. Introduction to Primary Health Effects Associated with Emerging Contaminants 15.2. Ecological Consequences: Impact on Wildlife and Ecosystems 15.3. Vulnerable Populations: Assessing Risks and Mitigation Strategies Innovative Treatment Technologies 15.4. Conclusion 15.5. References Part 5: Renewable energy treatment aspect, applications and biosensors use in wastewater treatment Chapter 16: Emerging Contaminants Removal Using Sustainable Renewable Energy 16.1. Introduction to renewable energy sources 16.2. Emerging Contaminants removal from use of clean energy 16.3. Current and future challenges of Emerging Contaminants in energy application and resource recovery 16.4. Resources recovery aspect for EP treatment 16.5 Geo-economical aspect of Treatment methods in light of UN guidelines. 16.5. References Chapter 17: Emerging Contaminants detection based on biosensors 17.1. Introduction to biosensors 17.2. Biosensors for detection of organic materials 17.3. Biosensors for detection of inorganic materials 17.4. Biosensors for detection of microorganisms 17.5. Current and future challenges 17.6. Conclusion 17.7. References Chapter 18: Mxene based on material for biosensing applications for EPs 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Various types of 2D material for biosensing application in EPs detection. 18.3 2D Material for biosensing detection of organic pollutant 18.4 2D Material for detecting of inorganic pollutants 18.5 Future challenges and prospective 18.6 Conclusion 18.7 References
- No. of pages: 375
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443342707
- eBook ISBN: 9780443342714
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Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak
Dr Mubarak Mujawar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. His main research areas are carbon nanotube/nanofiber synthesis using microwave heating, synthesis of magnetic biochar and activated carbon using microwave technology, synthesis of biofuel using microwave heating, advanced materials syntheses such as hydro char, and graphene using microwave technology, functionalization of carbon nanotube for sensor application, application of CNTs and CNFs for removal liquids and gases pollutant, protein purification using carbon nanomaterials, immobilization of enzyme on carbon nanotubes and advanced material and reaction engineering etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Miri, Sarawak, MalaysiaNK
Nadeem A Khan
Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Mewat Engineering College, in India. Previously he was Head of Department from 2014 to 2017. He completed his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2022. He received his M.Tech. (Civil Engineering) with honours in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2011. He has acted as an editorial board member for Nature on Scientific Reports and worked with Springer on a special issue in the Discover Water Journal. He was awarded the Best Young Scientist Award (Male) by LWT India and GECL for his Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering. He has published four books with international publishers, 64 papers in SCI journals, and has also published more than 10 PATENTS in civil Engineering and water treatment.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Mewat Engineering College, Nuh, Haryana, IndiaEL
Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado
Eduardo López-Maldonado has a BSc. in Chemical Engineering (2009) and a PhD. In Chemical Sciences (2012) from the National Technological Institute of Mexico-Tijuana, Center for Graduates and Research in Chemistry. His doctoral thesis consisted of an applied scientific research project linked to a semiconductor company located in the industrial zone of Tijuana, with which he won the award for Best Doctoral Thesis by the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry in 2013. Dr. López Maldonado, in 2013, received the opportunity to join the staff of researchers at the Center for Research and Technological Development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ) S.C., Tijuana Branch. There, he began his career as a researcher and was responsible for projects focused on obtaining natural biopolymers and their properties as coagulating, flocculating and chelating agents. He has specialized in carrying out basic and applied science research projects with industries in the region and at the national level. He is a member of the National System of Level I Researchers. He has extensive experience as a facilitator of the Environmental Leadership Program for Competitiveness (PLAC) by SEMARNAT and PROFEPA. Dr. López has participated in national and international conferences through oral presentations and posters in polymer chemistry and the development of innovative processes, the environment, and nanotechnology. To date, Dr. Eduardo is working as a full-time professor-researcher at the Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering of the Autonomous University of Baja California on the Biopolyelectrolyte Engineering Research line.
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Arshad Hussain
Arshad Hussain has been working as an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering section,University Polytechnic, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh having 16 years teaching experience at various levels in B.Tech (Civil Engineering) and M.Tech.( Environmental Engineering) at Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Techonology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India, Diploma in Engineering(Civil), Advance Diploma in Environmental Engg., Advance Diploma in Food Technology,B.E.(Evening) and B.Sc.Hons.(Industrial chemistry).He had supervised many projects for the award of B.E. in Environmental Engg and B.Sc. Hons. (Industrial chemistry) course. He had supervised a few M.Tech. Environmental Engineering dissertations. He had been an editor of Proceedings, All India Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Aligarh, India, February 15-16th,2008. He had organized an All India Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Aligarh, India, February 15-16th,2008 and International conference on Emerging technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering held from 26-28th October 2009 organized by Department of Civil Engineering, ZHCET, AMU, Aligarh in collaboration with University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.