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Nanoremediation: Modern Technologies for Treatment of Environmental Pollutants is a comprehensive reference that highlights established nano-remediation practices, discusses their rapidly emerging applications in industry, and points out future research directions. The book provides researchers and scientists in academia and industry with a high-tech start-up that will revolutionize modern remediation practices. It condenses all relevant information on nano-remediation and provides an amalgamation of the latest trends in the field. In addition, the book handles the design and modeling of nano-remediation processes and the trends and challenges that nano-remediation is facing in various sectors. Special attention is given to approaches that lead to green and sustainable industrial developments, as well as to the legal, economical and toxicity aspects of nano-remediation.
List of contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Nano Perception in the Remediation Arena
Part II NANOREMEDIATION WITH PROCESSES
2. Application of nanomaterials for adsorptive removal of various pollutants from water bodies
3. Integrating Ecofriendly Nanomaterials in Deep-bed Filtration for Cleaning up Industrial Wastewater
4. Photocatalysis: TiO 2, ZnO, and Species of Iron Oxides
5. Nanoscale silver enabled drinking water disinfection system
6. Disinfection using nanosilver/titanium dioxide (Ag/TiO2) and CNTs
7. Environmental applications of graphitic carbon nitride
8. ElectroKinetic-Nanoremediation
9. Natural, Biosynthesized, Polymeric, and other RemediationNanoreagents
10. Environmental remediation utilization of¿polyurethanes/carbon nanomaterial nanocomposites
PART III NANOBIOREMEDIATION
11. Microbial Nanotechnology
12. Nanobioremediation-New directions for environmental protection
13. Emerging trends in NANOBIOREMEDIATION
PART-IV GREEN NANOTECHNOLOGY
14. Future of Modern Society & Sustainability
About the author
Nashaat N. Nassar is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Calgary. He is an internationally recognized leader within the fields of nanotechnology for energy and environmental applications. The main goal of his research is to improve oil and gas quality, reduce gaseous emissions and advance water recyclability using innovative technologies.
He has been widely recognized through several awards including the first place Global Research Initiative (GRI) Concept to Commercialization award (2019) and Emerging Leader in Chemical Engineering National Award (2018). Dr. Nassar’s has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers published or in press, given more than 150 technical presentations, edited two books, and filed six patents.Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of several books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.
