NANOMATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

Chapter 1 Applications of Nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation
Chapter 2 Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation
Chapter 3 Carbon Nanotubes in Wastewater Remediation
Chapter 4 Polymer-Based Hybrid Adsorbents for Water Remediation
Chapter 5 Magnetic Nanomaterials for Wastewater Remediation
Chapter 6 Alumina-Based Adsorbents
Chapter 7 Silica Nanomaterials for Water Remediation
Chapter 8 Aluminosilicate-Based Adsorbents for Removal of Water Contaminants: Advanced Statistical Physics Models
Chapter 9 Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Water Disinfection
Chapter 10 Soil Remediation: Application of Nanoparticles
Chapter 11 Nanomaterials for Air Purification: Advances and Challenges
Chapter 12 Nanomaterials in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Transport and Ecotoxicology

Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications offers a comprehensive review of the latest advances in nanomaterials-based technologies for the treatment of emerging contaminants in wastewater. It describes the latest developments in the synthesis protocols, including the synthesis of different kinds of nanostructure materials using various physical and chemical methods.

Features
• Discusses the synthesis and characterization of important nanomaterials such as carbon nanostructures, metal and metal oxide nanostructures, polymer nanostructures, and smart 1D-–3D nanomaterials
• Presents the latest techniques used in the characterization of nanomaterials
• Covers environmental applications including the remediation of pollutants in wastewater and water purification and disinfection
• Examines the sources, fate, transport, and ecotoxicology of nanomaterials in the environment.

Aimed at researchers and industry professionals, this work will be of interest to chemical, environmental, and materials engineers concerned with the application of advanced materials for environmental and water remediation.

Authors
• Mohamed Abou El-Fetouh Barakat is a Professor of Environmental Sciences at both King Abdulaziz University (KAU)- Saudi Arabia, and Central Metallurgical R&D Institute (CMRDI)- Egypt. He is highly qualified in the fields of industrial waste management and pollution control as well as catalysis and nanotechnology. His experience includes academic research works in Japan, Germany, the United States and Saudi Arabia, as well as initiating and leading industrial research projects in Egypt jointly with the United States.
• Rajeev Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His research activities are in the areas of wastewater treatment and materials science. He studies the adsorption and photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials for the removal of contaminants from wastewater.