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Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Environment and Sustainability

A Review-Based Approach

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Karthiyayini Sridharan

    1. General Science, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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  • Serves as an excellent compendium of the research advances in the field of nanotechnology applications, while simultaneously providing the necessary background material
  • Allows for easy adoption as a textbook for an upper undergraduate course, because of its thoughtfully designed chapters and lucid language
  • Covers the recent trends nanomaterials developed for sustainability of environment, while also bringing out in a balanced manner the risks and toxic nature of these materials, and the impact of their use in society

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Nanotechnology in Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Nanotechnology to Sustain a Clean Environment

      • Shanelle Govekar, Ravi Kumar, Rajesh Suresh, Karthiyayini Sridharan
      Pages 3-11

    3. Reducing the Impacts of Greenhouse Gases

      • T. Vuday Sankar, Dhruvil Patel, R. Sugaraj Samuel, G. Amaranath
      Pages 13-20

    4. Nanotechnology in the Food Industry—And the Benefits and Improvements in Food Processing and Packaging Brought About by it

      • H. Kasi Viswanathan, Nikhil Reji Thomas, G. Amaranath
      Pages 21-25

    5. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Raw Mineral Extraction and Use

      • Kritin Chugh, Ashish Kapur, Kavita Jerath
      Pages 27-34

    6. Nanotechnology in Energy Harvesting

      • R. Sugaraj Samuel, Shabeeb Razak, K. Venkatesh Prabhu, Mohammed Shaheem, Kavita Jerath
      Pages 35-41

    7. Nanotechnology to Overcome Challenges in Sustainable Manufacturing

      • Shyam Krishna, Kavita Jerath
      Pages 43-49

    8. Nanotechnology to Sustain Biodiversity

      • Manoj Kannan, Shradha Sheeba Baiju, Shartaz Alam Hazarika, Aneek Javed
      Pages 51-57

  3. Nanotechnology in Toxicological Impacts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Toxicological Impacts of Quantum Dots

      • Manoj Kannan, Arzan Ali, Megha Matoo, Prajin Jacob
      Pages 61-65

    3. Nanotechnology in Pharmaceuticals

      • Shalin Shaji, Sarath Haridas, Jacob Siby Jacob, Manoj Kannan
      Pages 67-75

    4. Toxicological Impacts of Nanoparticles

      • Amith Baby, Salman Nazeerudeen, Shiva Ranganath, R. Sugaraj Samuel
      Pages 77-85

  4. Nanotechnology in Water Remediation and Adsorbents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Nanomaterials-Based Adsorbents for Water and Wastewater Treatments

      • Iris Gopalakrishnan, R. Sugaraj Samuel, Karthiyayini Sridharan
      Pages 89-98

    3. Water Remediation by Nanofiltration and Catalytic Degradation

      • R. Sugaraj Samuel, Karthiyayini Sridharan
      Pages 99-107

    4. Magnetic Nanomaterials and Their Use in Water Treatment

      • Kavita Jerath
      Pages 109-115

    5. Effects and Interaction of Some Metallic Nanomaterials on Micro-organisms

      • Ahmad Shumayal, Rohan Saha, Manoj Kannan
      Pages 117-127

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 129-130
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About this book

This book discusses nanotechnology, its benefits and risks affecting the environment we live in today, and is divided into three parts: Part-I dealing with Sustainability, Part-II describing Toxicological Impacts, and Part-III discussing Nanomaterial-based Adsorbents. 
The crucial challenge of sustainability in various environmental elements is a global problem. This draws upon various issues of nanotechnology which impact sustainability of food, clean environment, green house gases, raw materials extraction, manufacturing and automobile industry.  Growth in the production of nanomaterials to suit any of these applications is commendable. However, this does not negate the growth in their toxic effects. The nanotoxicity research in areas like medicine and agriculture industry is reviewed in detail in this book.
 
Part-II discusses the toxic nature of widely used nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are enormously used in environmental remediation due to some oftheir distinct properties. These properties are described and discussed. 


Part-III of the book highlights the highly reactive and adsorbent properties of nanomaterials that enable them to be a competent agent in water and pollutant remediation. This book is mainly intended for researchers and students to acquire fairly comprehensive understanding and appreciation of nanotechnology dominance in sustainability challenges, with the aim to give the anticipatory governance of nanomaterials in our society and environment.

Reviews

“It covers the recent trends in nanomaterials developed for sustainability of the environment … . The contributors drafted many of the figures and tables in a way that makes complex concepts clearer. … The book is suitable for beginners as it is a complete elucidation of nanotechnology in a simple and lucid manner supported with many illustrations. Moreover, it is also suitable for researchers, scientists and students to acquire fairly comprehensive understanding … .” (Rajani Srivastava, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 26 (2), 2019)

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  • General Science, BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Karthiyayini Sridharan

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