Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution

Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, Ram K. Gupta, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Ghulam Yasin, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, Ram K. Gupta, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Ghulam Yasin

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780443156601
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443156618
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

For decades an increasingly rapid urbanization pace, modern industrial development, and constantly intensive agricultural practices have caused controlled or uncontrolled release of hazardous contaminants that seriously threaten our environment. All natural spheres (atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and anthroposphere) seem to have been exposed to harmful practices and emerging research in nanomaterials is now trying to combat their adverse impact on physical ecosystems and organisms, as well as human health. In this context, pollution remediation at the nanoscale has come to the forefront for its potential to unlock sustainable, highly efficient, and cost-effective technologies, capable to restore in situ or ex situ land, water, and air resources.Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution covers design, fabrication, and extensive applications of engineered nanostructured materials in various shapes and morphologies (such as nanoparticles, wires, tubes, fibres) that, because of their size, surface-to-volume ratio, and high reactivity, function as catalysts and adsorbents of organic pollutants (aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons), gases, chemicals (arsenic, manganese, iron, nitrate, heavy metals), antibiotics, and biological entities (bacteria, viruses, parasites). Their integration with biotechnological processes for monitoring and prevention of pollution is also explored alongside the invisible dangers caused by noise.This is a valuable book for academics, researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students working on environmental engineering for sustainability, environmental sciences, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.? - Comprehensively presents applications of state-of-the-art nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for control, prevention, and removal of persistent air, water, and soil pollutants - Provides a new benchmark for pros and cons of established processes for nano remediation, revealing the importance of such research beyond national boundaries and policies - Classifies noise as a contaminant and discusses how its real impacts on human and animal life can be limited through impedance-matching nanotechnology

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Advanced nanomaterials: An introduction
• Chapter 2 : Nanotechnology to monitor, remedy, and prevent pollution: An overview
• Chapter 3 : Ecological and toxicological effects of nanotechnology
• Chapter 4 : Nanomaterials for enhanced acoustic properties
• Chapter 5 : Nanotechnology against noise pollution
• Chapter 6 : Environmental noise pollution and sources
• Chapter 7 : Nanotools for air remediation: An introduction
• Chapter 8 : Nanosensors for air quality monitoring
• Chapter 9 : Nanosensors to detect and quantify air pollutants
• Chapter 10 : Resistive nanosensors for monitoring air pollution
• Chapter 11 : Micropollutants in water and their adverse effects on environment and human life
• Chapter 12 : Nanoremediation of plastic-based waste materials
• Chapter 13 : Photonanocatalyst for water purification
• Chapter 14 : Removal of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and toiletries from water by nanomaterials
• Chapter 15 : Electrochemical oxidation at the nanoscale for xylene destruction in wastewater and model aspect
• Chapter 16 : Emerging micropollutants in aquatic environment, toxicity effects and their removal techniques
• Chapter 17 : Circular economy approach for production of value-added products from wastewater
• Chapter 18 : Nanotechnology for removal of personal care products and related compounds
• Chapter 19 : Micropollutants in aquatic systems
• Chapter 20 : Biofouling: Status and challenges in the marine environment
• Chapter 21 : Membrane technology for remediation and degradation of petroleum pollutants
• Chapter 22 : Recycling tendencies in plastic waste management for environmental sustainability
• Chapter 23 : Nanoremediation of inorganic contaminants in soils: applications, mechanisms of action, and environmental implications
• Chapter 24 : Application of nanotechnology in agriculture
• Chapter 25 : Nanotechnology in the agricultural sector
• Index
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