Emerging Nanomaterials for Recovery of Toxic and Radioactive Metal Ions from Environmental Media
- 1st Edition - November 26, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Xiangke Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 4 8 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 4 8 5 - 6
Emerging Nanomaterials for Recovery of Toxic and Radioactive Metal Ions from Environmental Media covers nanomaterials used in the environmental remediation of sites contamina… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEmerging Nanomaterials for Recovery of Toxic and Radioactive Metal Ions from Environmental Media covers nanomaterials used in the environmental remediation of sites contaminated by toxic or radioactive heavy metals. The book comprehensively covers the use of MOF-based nanomaterials, COF-based nanomaterials, MXene-based nanomaterials, nZVI-based nanomaterials and carbon-based nanomaterials in remediation techniques and details the main interaction mechanisms between toxic/radioactive metal ions and the described novel nanomaterials through kinetic analysis, thermodynamic analysis, spectroscopic techniques and theoretical calculations. It provides a thorough reference on the use of the described novel nanomaterials for academics, researchers and advanced postgraduates in the environmental sciences and environmental chemistry.
- Provides a comprehensive and systematic reference on various novel nanomaterials that are available for use in the treatment of heavy metal ions and radioactive wastes
- Presents the latest knowledge on the interaction of toxic and radioactive metal ions with novel nanomaterials, including how to choose different materials for specific uses
- Covers the principles and functionalization of nanomaterials in environmental remediation, enabling an understanding of methodologies and best choice in nanomaterials
Academics, researchers, postgraduate students and professionals in environmental science and environmental. Specialists or graduate students who focus on heavy metal ion chemistry, radiochemistry and nanomaterial synthesis
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Novel nanomaterials for environmental remediation of toxic metal ions and radionuclides
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chemical behaviors of toxic metal ions and radionuclides in solution
- 3. Remediation technologies for radioactive and toxic metal ions
- 4. Novel nanomaterials for the elimination of heavy/radioactive ions
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Water-stable metal–organic framework–based nanomaterials for removal of heavy metal ions and radionuclides
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Synthesis methods of water-stable metal–organic framework–based nanomaterials
- 3. Applications of metal–organic framework–based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment
- 4. Heavy metal ion uptake in metal–organic framework–based nanomaterials
- 5. Radionuclide uptake in metal–organic framework–based nanomaterials
- 6. Practical application possibilities
- 7. Conclusions and perspectives
- Chapter 3. Applications of covalent organic framework–based nanomaterials as superior adsorbents in wastewater treatment
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Synthesis methods of covalent organic frameworks
- 3. Properties of covalent organic frameworks
- 4. Removal of heavy metal ions by covalent organic framework–based nanomaterials
- 5. Removal of radionuclides by covalent organic framework-based nanomaterials
- 6. Conclusions and perspectives
- Chapter 4. Two-dimensional transition metal carbide/nitride (MXene)-based nanomaterials for removal of toxic/radioactive metal ions from wastewater
- 1. Introduction
- 2. General synthesis and processing of MXene
- 3. Properties of MXene
- 4. Application of MXene in removal of environmental contaminants
- 5. Concluding remarks and perspectives
- Chapter 5. Adsorptive and reductive removal of toxic and radioactive metal ions by nanoscale zero-valent iron–based nanomaterials from wastewater
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Synthesis and properties of nanoscale zero-valent iron–based nanomaterials
- 3. Applications of nanoscale zero-valent iron–based nanomaterials for environmental remediation
- 4. Interaction mechanism between heavy metals and nanoscale zero-valent iron–based nanomaterials
- 5. Fate and toxicity of nanoscale zero-valent iron–based nanomaterials
- 6. Conclusions and expected future research
- Chapter 6. Water treatment and environmental remediation applications of carbon-based nanomaterials
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Properties of carbon-based nanomaterials
- 3. Removal of heavy metal ions by carbon-based nanomaterials
- 4. Removal of radionuclides by carbon-based nanomaterials
- 5. Dispersion/aggregation behaviors of carbon-based nanomaterials in aquatic environments
- 6. Challenges and perspectives
- Chapter 7. Theoretical calculation of toxic/radioactive metal ion capture by novel nanomaterials
- 1. Fundamental theory of quantum mechanics
- 2. Density functional theory
- 3. Exchange-correlation functional
- 4. Molecular dynamics simulation
- 5. Removal mechanisms of toxic/radioactive metal ions
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 26, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 394
- No. of pages (eBook): 394
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323854849
- eBook ISBN: 9780323854856
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Xiangke Wang
Xiangke Wang is a professor in the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering at North China Electric Power University. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Lanzhou University (2000). Then he worked as a research fellow at the SUBATECH Laboratory (France) followed by Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the Karlsruhe Research Center (Germany). In 2003 he became a professor at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences until 2013, when he became a professor of Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University. Since 2014 he has alo worked as a professor in the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering at North China Electric Power University. He focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in energy and environmental pollution management, and also characterization for radionuclide physicochemical behavior in the environment. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals.Xiangke Wang is a professor in the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering at North China Electric Power University. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Lanzhou University (2000). Then he worked as a research fellow at the SUBATECH Laboratory (France) followed by Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the Karlsruhe Research Center (Germany). In 2003 he became a professor at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences until 2013, when he became a professor of Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University. Since 2014 he has alo worked as a professor in the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering at North China Electric Power University. He focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in energy and environmental pollution management, and also characterization for radionuclide physicochemical behavior in the environment. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
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