Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants
Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects
- 1st Edition - October 29, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Nadeem A Khan, Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado, Arshad Hussain
- Language: English
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Description
Advances in Treatment Methods Towards Emerging Contaminants: Sources, Occurrences and Health Effects is a vital resource for understanding the detection, monitoring, analysis, and remediation of emerging contaminants. This comprehensive guide offers both theoretical insights and practical instructions, making it indispensable for researchers and industry experts. By exploring fundamental aspects such as transformations and toxicology, the book provides a thorough understanding of emerging pollutants and contaminants. In addition to recent advancements in detection techniques, this book features case studies on new remediation strategies, including the use of green technology and nanotechnology.
It is an essential reference for policymakers, graduate students, and professionals working in environmental monitoring and waste treatment.
It is an essential reference for policymakers, graduate students, and professionals working in environmental monitoring and waste treatment.
Key features
Key features
- 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
- Evaluates modeling approaches that can be used to analyze and monitor emerging contaminants and predict treatment performance to guide system design and operation
Readership
Readership
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.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Dedication
Introduction
Part 1: Introduction to Emerging contaminants presence in water and soil
1. Environmental Chemistry and toxicity of Emerging contaminants
2. Developments in categorizing and handling emerging contaminants in ecosystem: toxicity assessment, analytical approaches, revolutionary pathways, environmental fate, and remedy
3. Mechanism of environmental toxicity of toxic Emerging contaminants removal
4. Sources, occurrence and distribution of Emerging pollutants in water environments
5. Metal based Contaminant removal using carbon nano structures composite
Part 2: Detection and monitoring of Emerging contaminants in light of green technology
6. Understanding the toxicity, exposure pathways, and health risks of emerging contaminants
7. Health effects of Emerging contaminants on human health and its toxicity
8. Toxicity and health impacts of emerging contaminates
9. Emerging contaminants for photocatalytic application
10. Mxene based material for Emerging contaminant removal
Part 3: Emerging Contaminants Transportation Mechanisms
11. Organic basics contaminant removal using polymer based nano materials
12. Mxenes-based composites as pioneering solutions for emerging contaminants treatment
13. Promising techniques for degradation of Emerging contaminants
Part 4: Health Effects of emerging Contaminants in water and soil
14. Photocatalytic Applications for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants
Part 5: Renewable energy treatment aspect, applications and biosensors use in wastewater treatment
15. Next-Generation Strategies for Emerging Contaminant Remediation to Enable a Clean Water Future
16. Sustainable Removal of Emerging Contaminants: Integrating Ozonation-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes and Renewable Energy Solutions
17. MXene-Polymer Composites Advanced Materials for Removing Emerging Contaminants in Water Treatment
18. MXene polymer composite for Emerging contaminants removal
19. Fundamentals and mechanism of emerging contaminants degradation
20. Promising route and technique Emerging contaminants degradation
21. Nanomaterial-based material for Emerging Contaminant Removal
22. Properties and Transportation Mechanism
23. 2D- polymer material for Emerging contaminant removal
24. A comprehensive review of photocatalytic methods for removing emerging contaminants from water and wastewater
25. Carbon based Nanomaterial for Emerging contaminant removal
26. Adsorption mechanism and performance parameters for removal of emerging contaminants
27. MXene/Polymer Composites: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Enhanced Durability and Multifunctionality in Medical Devices
28. Ecological affect associated with Emerging Contaminants
29. Emerging Contaminants Removal Using Sustainable Renewable Energy
30. MXene-based material for biosensing applications for Emerging pollutants
31. Emerging Contaminants detection based on biosensors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Introduction to Emerging contaminants presence in water and soil
1. Environmental Chemistry and toxicity of Emerging contaminants
2. Developments in categorizing and handling emerging contaminants in ecosystem: toxicity assessment, analytical approaches, revolutionary pathways, environmental fate, and remedy
3. Mechanism of environmental toxicity of toxic Emerging contaminants removal
4. Sources, occurrence and distribution of Emerging pollutants in water environments
5. Metal based Contaminant removal using carbon nano structures composite
Part 2: Detection and monitoring of Emerging contaminants in light of green technology
6. Understanding the toxicity, exposure pathways, and health risks of emerging contaminants
7. Health effects of Emerging contaminants on human health and its toxicity
8. Toxicity and health impacts of emerging contaminates
9. Emerging contaminants for photocatalytic application
10. Mxene based material for Emerging contaminant removal
Part 3: Emerging Contaminants Transportation Mechanisms
11. Organic basics contaminant removal using polymer based nano materials
12. Mxenes-based composites as pioneering solutions for emerging contaminants treatment
13. Promising techniques for degradation of Emerging contaminants
Part 4: Health Effects of emerging Contaminants in water and soil
14. Photocatalytic Applications for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants
Part 5: Renewable energy treatment aspect, applications and biosensors use in wastewater treatment
15. Next-Generation Strategies for Emerging Contaminant Remediation to Enable a Clean Water Future
16. Sustainable Removal of Emerging Contaminants: Integrating Ozonation-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes and Renewable Energy Solutions
17. MXene-Polymer Composites Advanced Materials for Removing Emerging Contaminants in Water Treatment
18. MXene polymer composite for Emerging contaminants removal
19. Fundamentals and mechanism of emerging contaminants degradation
20. Promising route and technique Emerging contaminants degradation
21. Nanomaterial-based material for Emerging Contaminant Removal
22. Properties and Transportation Mechanism
23. 2D- polymer material for Emerging contaminant removal
24. A comprehensive review of photocatalytic methods for removing emerging contaminants from water and wastewater
25. Carbon based Nanomaterial for Emerging contaminant removal
26. Adsorption mechanism and performance parameters for removal of emerging contaminants
27. MXene/Polymer Composites: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Enhanced Durability and Multifunctionality in Medical Devices
28. Ecological affect associated with Emerging Contaminants
29. Emerging Contaminants Removal Using Sustainable Renewable Energy
30. MXene-based material for biosensing applications for Emerging pollutants
31. Emerging Contaminants detection based on biosensors
Acknowledgements
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 13, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
NM
Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak
Dr. Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia.He is a scientific reviewer for numerous Chemical Engineering
andNanotechnology journals. In research, Dr.Mubarak has published
over 450 journal papers and 40 conference proceedings, authored 85
book chapters, and has an H-index of 87. His areas of interest include
the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, the production of magnetic
biochar using microwaves, and wastewater treatment utilizing advanced
materials. He received the Curtin Malaysia Most Productive Research Award, the Outstanding Faculty of Chemical Engineering Award, the Best Scientific Research Award in London, and the Exceptional ScientistAward in publication and citation by
i-Proclaim, Malaysia. Since 2020, he has also been listed among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the fields of chemistry and energy. The List of the Top 2% of Scientists in
the World, compiled and published by Stanford University, is based on international scientific
publications, the number of scientific citations for research, and participation in the review and
editing of scientific research. Dr. Mubarak is a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers
Australia, a Chartered Professional Engineer of The Institution of Engineers Australia, and a
Chartered Chemical Engineer of the Institute of Chemical Engineering, UK. He has published
11 books and is coeditor for ongoing Elsevier-edited books: 1) Nanomaterials for Carbon
Capture and Conversion Technique, 2) Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems, 3) Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon Nanotubes,4)
Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications: Case Studies and Applications, 5), Sustainable
Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation, 6) Nanotechnology for Biomedical
Applications,7) Nanotechnology for Electronic Applications, 8) Application of Bio-Additives
for the Food Industry, 9) Contemporary Nanomaterials inMaterial Engineering Applications,
10)Fundamentals of Biomaterials: ASupplementary Textbook, 11) EmergingWater Pollutants:
Concerns and Remediation Technologies.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Univercity Technology Brunei, Brunei DarussalamNK
Nadeem A Khan
Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Civil Engineering at King Khalid University, Abha,
Saudi Arabia. He worked at Mewat Engineering College as an Assistant
Professor from August 1, 2012, to February 23, 2022. He has submitted
his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He also acted as
Academic Coordinator of the Civil Engineering department from 2014
to 2017. He is an editorial board member of Nature Journal - Scientific
Reports (IF=4.3) and a special issue editor of Springer Journal on Discover
Water. His recent accomplishments included 15 Coursera course
completion certificates. LWT India and GECL awarded them the Best
Young Scientist Award (Male) for their Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering.
He has also served as an external examiner and paper setter at Integral University, Lucknow,
and Dehradun Technical University since 2013. Has got his M. Tech. (Civil Engineering) in
2011, and received Honors in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University.
Mr. Khan was associated with the Ministry of Environment and Forest for two years as
a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in 2009-11 and also worked with UNICEF as a Research
Assistant (RA) on the topic ofGIS mapping andWater quality parameter estimation, including
monitoring of the Agra Region for six months in 2012. He has professional experience at DLFLaing’s
Rourke India Ltd as a Construction Engineer on an SEZ project in Gurgaon from
2008 to 2009. He qualified for the GATE examinations in 2010. His industry activity areas
were post-contract works, reconciliation, planning, and budgeting. His one chapter about
SBR wastewater treatment technology was recently published in Lenin Publication. He has
attended several conferences, workshops, seminars, and research projects, and has engaged
in various research endeavors. He has published 03 Books with International Publishers, 55
papers in SCI, and 15 in National journals. He has also published more than 10 patents in
Civil Engineering and water treatment. He is also active in social welfare activities. He is the
Joint Secretary of the Environmental Awareness Society, Environsense, which organizes over
25 events.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering department, King Khalid University, AbhaEL
Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado
Dr. Eduardo Alberto López-Maldonado is a research professor at the Autonomous University of Baja California. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemical Sciences, and his work has focused on polymer chemistry, environmental processes, biopolyelectrolytes, advanced treatment systems, and sustainable materials. His doctoral work, linked to an industrial semiconductor application, received the Best Doctoral Thesis award from the Mexican Society of Electrochemistry. He previously worked at CIDETEQ, where he led projects on natural biopolymers for coagulation, flocculation, and chelation. He has broad experience in basic and applied research, academic leadership, and university–industry collaboration, and has presented his work internationally in polymer science, environment, and nanotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of Baja CaliforniaAH
Arshad Hussain
Dr. Arshad Husain is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering
section of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at AligarhMuslim
University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, with 27 years of teaching
experience at various levels in B.Tech (Civil Engineering) and M.Tech
programs. (Environmental Engineering) at Zakir Husain College of Engineering
and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.),
India, Diploma in Engineering (Civil), Advance Diploma in Environmental
Eng, Advance Diploma in Food Technology, B.E.(Evening), and
B.Sc.Hons.(Industrial chemistry). He had supervised many projects for
the award of a B.E. in Environmental Engineering and a B.Sc. Hons.
(Industrial chemistry) course. He had supervised a few M.Tech. Environmental Engineering
dissertations. His field of specialization is Environmental Engineering. His research interests
include Water Treatment, Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes, Anaerobic treatment &
and Advanced Oxidation processes. His doctoral research focused on removing adsorbable
organic halides (AOX) fromPulp & and Paper industry wastewater using advanced oxidation processes in combination with biological treatment. He was designated a Fellow of the Institution
of Engineers, India (FIE). He has organized various international conferences with the
University of Toledo, Ohio, USA; La Sierra University, USA; Asia Pacific University, Thailand;
and Universiti Technology, Brunei. He has published 52 research papers in International and
national journals and conference proceedings of repute. His Google Scholar citations are 301,
with an h-index of 7 and an i-10 index of 6. He has published research technical papers in
International Journals of repute such as Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio, Arabian Journal
of Chemistry, King Saud University, KSA, Elsevier, International Journal of Smart and Sustainable
Built Environment; Emerald Publishing Limited, Asian Journal of Water, Environment
and Pollution, International Journal of Water Pollution & Health and International Journal of
Desalination and water treatment.He also presented a technical research paper at the 2nd IWA
Specialized International Conference, “Ecotechnologies for wastewater treatment-Technical,
Environmental & Economic challenges,” in Verona, Italy, organized by the InternationalWater
Association (IWA).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering section, University Polytechnic, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IndiaView book on ScienceDirect
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