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Mxene-Based Materials for Advanced Water and Wastewater Purification

  • 1st Edition - December 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri, Janardhan Reddy Kodur
  • Language: English

Mxene-based Materials for Advanced Water and Wastewater Purification provides a comprehensive overview of the preparation methods, characterization, and diverse enviro… Read more

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Description

Mxene-based Materials for Advanced Water and Wastewater Purification provides a comprehensive overview of the preparation methods, characterization, and diverse environmental applications of MXene-based materials. Beginning with foundational concepts, the book discusses the unique properties and fabrication techniques of MXenes and their composites. The following chapters focus on the use of MXene-based adsorbents, photocatalysts, and membranes for removing a wide range of contaminants from water and wastewater, such as heavy metals, radionuclides, dyes, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and phenolic compounds. MXene’s antibacterial and anti-biofouling properties are also discussed, along with their potential in environmental remediation. The book also covers toxicity and hazard assessments, sensor technologies for pollutant detection, regeneration and reuse of MXene materials, and their integration into hybrid treatment systems. It concludes with a thorough discussion on scale-up applications, environmental fate and lifecycle assessments, and regulatory and policy considerations. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers interested in advanced nanomaterials for sustainable environmental applications.

Key features

  • Reviews MXenes’ unique properties and their rapidly growing applications in water and wastewater purification
  • Highlights recent advances in the antibacterial properties of MXene and its anti-biofouling applications
  • Covers developments in MXene-based sensors for pollutant detection and explores methods for the regeneration and reuse of MXene materials

Readership

Researchers, engineers, and scientists in materials science and nanotechnology with an interest in environmental remediation, wastewater treatment, and sustainable process engineering.

Table of contents

1. MXene: Theory, structures, synthesis, and characterization

2. Removal of heavy metals from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

3. Removal of radionuclides from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

4. Removal of dyes from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

5. Removal of pharmaceutical chemicals from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

6. Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

7. Removal of phenolic compounds from water and wastewater by MXene-based adsorbents

8. Removal of heavy metals from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

9. Removal of radionuclides from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

10. Removal of dyes from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

11. Removal of pharmaceutical chemicals from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

12. Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

13. Removal of phenolic compounds from water and wastewater by MXene-based photocatalysts

14. Removal of heavy metals from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

15. Removal of radionuclides from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

16. Removal of dyes from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

17. Removal of pharmaceutical chemicals from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

18. Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

19. Removal of phenolic compounds from water and wastewater by MXene-based membranes

20. Antibacterial properties of MXene and anti-biofouling applications

21. The potential hazard and toxicity assessment of MXene-based materials

22. MXenes-based sensor for environmental applications

23. Regeneration and reuse of MXenes-based materials

24. Integration with hybrid systems

25. Field-scale applications

26. Environmental fate and lifecycle assessment (LCA) of MXenes

27. Regulatory and policy considerations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

MD

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a full professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. His scientific research interests include environmental science and he is the author of various research studies published in national and international journals and conference proceedings and head of several research projects at the TUMS. He is an editorial board member, guest editor, and reviewer in many internal and international journals and a member of several international science committees worldwide. He is a supervisor and advisor for many PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also a member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health and member of the Institute for Environmental Research at the TUMS.

Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

RK

Rama Rao Karri

Rama Rao Karri is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei. He holds a PhD from IIT Delhi and a Master’s from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. With over 20 years of experience in academia, industry, and research, he has experience working in multidisciplinary fields and has expertise in various evolutionary optimization techniques and process modelling. His expertise extends to process modeling and simulation, focusing on optimizing chemical and environmental processes to improve efficiency and sustainability. He serves on editorial boards of several international journals and acts as a peer reviewer for numerous reputed publications. He is also a guest editor for special issues on nanocomposites and environmental engineering topics. Additionally, he contributes to authoring and editing books on sustainable technologies, environmental remediation, and process monitoring with leading academic publishers.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology of Brunei, IUniversiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

JK

Janardhan Reddy Kodur

Dr. Koduru is a full professor at Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from S.V. University Tirupati, India, supported by a fellowship from CSIR, India. After completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, he joined Dongguk University as an Assistant Professor of Materials Chemistry. In 2013, he became an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at Kwangwoon University. His research interests include the development of low-toxicity nanomaterials and nanocomposites, graphene oxide-based nanocomposites, and nano-metal oxide-impregnated biosorbents for sustainable environmental remediation. He also works on simple, green colorimetric sensors, biomaterials, polymer materials, water and soil remediation applications, and extractive separation of precious metals from aqueous solutions.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Kwangwoon University, South Korea