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Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science

Applications of Advanced Nanostructured Materials in Wastewater Remediation

  • 1st Edition - April 29, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Tariq Altalhi, Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder, Inamuddin
  • Language: English

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Description

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Applications of Advanced Nanostructured Materials in Wastewater Remediation reviews recent applications of nanostructured materials for remediation, their preparation, characterization and efficiency for water remediation technologies. The book provides ideas on how nanomaterials are the real solution to water purification or new environmental threat. Sections cover nanomaterial adsorbents, functionalized magnetic nanomaterials, nanostructured polymer hydrogels, carbon nanomaterials, biogenic nanoparticles, green chemistry concepts, aqua defluoridation and advanced remediation techniques.

The book also includes the current status of wastewater treatment using nanomaterials, along with challenges and perspectives for further improvements.

Key features

  • Provides an overview of the application of nanomaterials for wastewater remediation
  • Targets the applications of nanomaterials in the environment
  • Focuses on usage of polymeric nanocomposites, graphene-based composites, and magnetite nanoparticles for environmental remediation

Readership

Post-graduate students and academic researchers in chemistry, polymer science and technology, and other interdisciplinary fields of science and technology such as

Table of contents

1. Pollutant remediation from water using polymeric nanocomposites having chitosan, poly(vinyl alcohol) and nanofillers

2. Graphene and graphene - oxide nanomaterials for heavy metals removal

3. Applications of engineered magnetite nanoparticles for water pollutants removal

4. Purification of water by use of hydrogels

5. Recoverable and regenerable magnetite-based nanocomposites adsorbents for heavy metals removal in contaminated water

6. Carbon nanostructures: next generation materials for water purification

7. Carbon quantum dots: a fluorescent miniature with huge impact on environmental remediation

8. Removal of organic dyes by functionalized nanomaterials

9. Reactive Metal Oxides in Ceramic Membrane Formulation as A Clue to Effective Point-Of-Use Drinking Water Defluoridation

10. Application of nanoengineered materials from beneficial microorganism for the bioremediation of polluted soil

11. Application of nanomaterials for the remediation of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances: Recent progress and challenges. Critical review

12. Recent developments in biogenic synthesis of nanomaterials for different applications: A pre-eminent approach towards green nanotechnology

13. Synthesis of nano-structured materials by green methods

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 29, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

TA

Tariq Altalhi

Dr. Tariq Altalhi is working as an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. He has coedited various scientific books. He has established key contacts with major industries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

MM

Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder

Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder works in the Chemistry Department, and Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Affiliations and expertise
Chemistry Department, and Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining and Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

I

Inamuddin

Dr. Inamuddin, is an Assistant professor at Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy and environmental science. He has worked on different research projects funded by various government agencies and universities and is the recipient of awards, including the Fast-Track Young Scientist Award and young researcher of the year award-2020 of the university. His current research interests include ion exchange materials, a sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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