Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Environmental Remediation

✍ Scribed by Mu. Naushad, Saravanan Rajendran, Francisco Gracia

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 25
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a wide-range exploration on the ongoing research and developmental events in environmental nanotechnology. Emerging nanomaterials and its technology have been known to offer unique advantages and are continually showing promising potential attracting continuous global attention. This work thus discusses experimental studies of various nanomaterials along with their design and applications and with specific attention to chemical reactions and their challenges for catalytic systems. It will make a noteworthy appeal to scientists and researchers working in the field of nanotechnology for environmental sciences.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Current Role of Nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation (D. Durgalakshmi, Saravanan Rajendran, Mu. Naushad)....Pages 1-20
Recent Advances in Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment (Mohamed I. Fadlalla, P. Senthil Kumar, V. Selvam, S. Ganesh Babu)....Pages 21-58
Nano-metal Oxides for Antibacterial Activity (Sankar Jagadeeshan, Rajesh Parsanathan)....Pages 59-90
Nanomaterials for Advanced Analytical Applications in Chemo- and Biosensors (Selvaraj Devi, Vairaperumal Tharmaraj)....Pages 91-110
Surface-Modified Conducting Polymer-Based Nanostructured Materials for the Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals from Wastewater (Raghunath Das, Kamdem Paumo Hugues, Arjun Maity)....Pages 111-144
Biological Effects of Green-Synthesized Metal Nanoparticles: A Mechanistic View of Antibacterial Activity and Cytotoxicity (Suresh K. Verma, Ealisha Jha, Pritam Kumar Panda, Arun Thirumurugan, Mrutyunjay Suar)....Pages 145-171
Surface Plasmon-Based Nanomaterials as Photocatalyst (Mohammad Ehtisham Khan, Moo Hwan Cho)....Pages 173-187
Polymer-Based Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Removal of Highly Toxic Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Solutions (Mpitloane J. Hato, Thabiso C. Maponya, Kabelo E. Ramohlola, Kwena D. Modibane, Arjun Maity, Gobeng R. Monama et al.)....Pages 189-227
Nanomaterials as an Immobilizing Platform for Enzymatic Glucose Biosensors (Devaraj Manoj, J. Santhanalakshmi)....Pages 229-251
Innovations in Antimicrobial Engineered Nanomaterials (Marcela P. Bernardo, Francys K. V. Moreira, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Sebastian Raja)....Pages 253-277
Exploitation of Nanoparticles as Photocatalysts for Clean and Environmental Applications (Vignesh Kumaravel, Sivaraman Somasundaram)....Pages 279-319
Nanoparticles: Antimicrobial Applications and Its Prospects (Krishnapriya Madhu Varier, Mounika Gudeppu, Arulvasu Chinnasamy, Sumathi Thangarajan, Jesudas Balasubramanian, Yanmei Li et al.)....Pages 321-355
Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Diglycidyl/Tetraglycidyl Epoxy-Containing Nanocoatings on Mild Steel for Corrosion Protection and Antimicrobial Protection (D. Duraibabu, R. Manjumeena)....Pages 357-388
Back Matter ....Pages 389-391

✦ Subjects

Environment; Sustainable Development; Environmental Chemistry; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Applied Science, multidisciplinary