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Sustainable Green Nanomaterials for Mitigation of Microplastics and Plastic Additives Pollution
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Manviri Rani, Uma Shanker
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 9 2 3 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 9 2 4 - 3
Sustainable Green Nanomaterials for Mitigation of Microplastics and Plastic Additives Pollution offers a comprehensive overview of the sustainable nanotechnologies available to man… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSustainable Green Nanomaterials for Mitigation of Microplastics and Plastic Additives Pollution offers a comprehensive overview of the sustainable nanotechnologies available to manage and mitigate microplastics and plastic additives pollution. The book reviews research on green sustainable nanomaterials synthesis for industrial and environmental applications in the mitigation of various types of flame retardants, antioxidants, plasticizers, and light stabilizers that are released from industrial waste or consumer products. Moreover, state-of-the-art methods to eradicate microplastic pollution from ecosystems and future research directions are also discussed.
This book is a valuable resource to polymer scientists, environmental scientists, and academic and industrial researchers interested in green sustainable nanomaterials and microplastic pollution control strategies.
This book is a valuable resource to polymer scientists, environmental scientists, and academic and industrial researchers interested in green sustainable nanomaterials and microplastic pollution control strategies.
- Introduces recent information on the degradation of microplastics and plastic additives by green sustainable nanomaterials
- Provides up-to-date information on green synthesis strategies for sustainable nanostructures
- Covers recent information on mitigation techniques of plastic and plastic additives
Academic and industrial researchers interested in green sustainable nanomaterials and their use for mitigation of emerging contaminants
Section 1: Sustainable Green Nanomaterials
1. Introduction to green and sustainable nanomaterials: fundamentals and recent developments
2. Fabrication strategies and properties of green and sustainable nanomaterials
3. Fundamentals and recent developments of green and sustainable nanomaterials
4. Potential mechanism for synthesis of green sustainable nanoparticles
Section 2: Microplatics and Nanoplastic Pollution: Environmental Impacts and Current Research Trends
5. Physico-chemical features of micro/nanoplastics and their impacts on the ecosystem with current research trends
6. Materials challenges and opportunities to address growing micro/nanoplastics pollution
7. Post-pandemic micro/nanoplastic pollution: toward a sustainable management
8. Toxic chemicals and persistent organic pollutants associated with micro-and nanoplastics pollution
Section 3. Green Chemistry Based Sustainable Remediation Strategies for Microplastics
9. Overview on the pathway and technology for microplastic removal from aqueous environment
10. Performance evaluations of the state-of-the-art nano-enabled strategies for microplastic remediation
11. Green nanomaterials assisted biodegradation of plastic
12. An overview of photodegradation technologies for the removal of emerging and nanomaterials
13. Removal of microplastics contaminants from municipal and industrial wastewater: technology progress and green strategies
14. Environmental impact and mitigation of micro(nano)plastics pollution using green catalytic tools and green analytical methods
15. Green-chemistry based nanomaterials as solutions for plastic remediation
16. Immobilized enzyme/microorganism complexes for degradation of microplastics
Section 4. Mitigation of Plastic Additives by Sustainable Green Nanomaterials
17. Removal of flame retardants by water by green nanomaterials
18. Advanced nanomaterials for mitigation of brominated flame retardants (pbdes, hbcd, tbbpa)
19. Sustainable degradation of chlorinated and phosphorous flame retardants by green nanomaterials
20. Removal of plasticizers by green nanomaterials
21. Green synthesized nanomaterials for removal of light stabilizers and antioxidants
Section 5. Conclusions and Future Prospects
22. Challenges and limitation associated with microplatic pollution and their mitigation techniques
23. Life-cycle analysis of plastic pollution and regulation policy at national level
24. Environmental, legal and life cycle analysis of sustainable nanomaterials
1. Introduction to green and sustainable nanomaterials: fundamentals and recent developments
2. Fabrication strategies and properties of green and sustainable nanomaterials
3. Fundamentals and recent developments of green and sustainable nanomaterials
4. Potential mechanism for synthesis of green sustainable nanoparticles
Section 2: Microplatics and Nanoplastic Pollution: Environmental Impacts and Current Research Trends
5. Physico-chemical features of micro/nanoplastics and their impacts on the ecosystem with current research trends
6. Materials challenges and opportunities to address growing micro/nanoplastics pollution
7. Post-pandemic micro/nanoplastic pollution: toward a sustainable management
8. Toxic chemicals and persistent organic pollutants associated with micro-and nanoplastics pollution
Section 3. Green Chemistry Based Sustainable Remediation Strategies for Microplastics
9. Overview on the pathway and technology for microplastic removal from aqueous environment
10. Performance evaluations of the state-of-the-art nano-enabled strategies for microplastic remediation
11. Green nanomaterials assisted biodegradation of plastic
12. An overview of photodegradation technologies for the removal of emerging and nanomaterials
13. Removal of microplastics contaminants from municipal and industrial wastewater: technology progress and green strategies
14. Environmental impact and mitigation of micro(nano)plastics pollution using green catalytic tools and green analytical methods
15. Green-chemistry based nanomaterials as solutions for plastic remediation
16. Immobilized enzyme/microorganism complexes for degradation of microplastics
Section 4. Mitigation of Plastic Additives by Sustainable Green Nanomaterials
17. Removal of flame retardants by water by green nanomaterials
18. Advanced nanomaterials for mitigation of brominated flame retardants (pbdes, hbcd, tbbpa)
19. Sustainable degradation of chlorinated and phosphorous flame retardants by green nanomaterials
20. Removal of plasticizers by green nanomaterials
21. Green synthesized nanomaterials for removal of light stabilizers and antioxidants
Section 5. Conclusions and Future Prospects
22. Challenges and limitation associated with microplatic pollution and their mitigation techniques
23. Life-cycle analysis of plastic pollution and regulation policy at national level
24. Environmental, legal and life cycle analysis of sustainable nanomaterials
- No. of pages: 600
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443239236
- eBook ISBN: 9780443239243
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Manviri Rani
Dr. Manviri Rani is an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Her research interests include green nanotechnology, environmental nanotechnology and analytical chemistry. Dr. Rani has been featured amongst the top 2% of the scientists around the globe, as per the report of Stanford University USA and Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, IndiaUS
Uma Shanker
Dr. Uma Shanker is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Chemistry, B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. His research interests include green nanotechnology, environmental remediation and organic chemistry. Dr. Shanker has been featured amongst the top 2% of the scientists around the globe, as per the report of Stanford University USA and Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India