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Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering - Call for Papers

Nanoengineered Materials for Emergent Pollutants Removal from Water

Emerging pollutants (or micropollutants) are a group of natural or synthetic products, just recently included in the list of harmful compounds, which are generally found in very low concentrations in water. These substances are not included in water quality monitoring routines and, in most of the cases, still not subjected to specific regulations. Moreover, these contaminants are usually resistant to conventional treatments, toxic and bio-accumulative. Several techniques have been studied for the removal of emerging pollutants as adsorption, Fenton-like, photo-catalysis, electro-degradation, and others. In this context, nanoengineered materials may be very suitable for the improvement of the processes efficiency , acting as adsorbent, catalyst or electrode. Thus, it is of fundamental importance to develop new versatile and efficient materials, eventually tuned on the specific properties of the single emerging pollutant. For these reasons, this issue is supposed to attract articles that are exploring novel materials with important role on removal of emerging pollutants from water and wastewater. The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish original research papers focusing on engineered materials synthesis and application, for emerging pollutants removal. Potential engineered materials for the remediation of water and wastewater contaminated by emerging pollutants include, but are not limited to:

  1. Metal Organic Framework (MOF) and modifications;
  2. Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) and modifications;
  3. Zeolites for water and wastewater treatment;
  4. TiO2 based materials.
  5. Engineered biochar;
  6. Carbon Quantum Dots (CQD);
  7. Graphene;
  8. Carbon Nanotubes;
  9. Magnetic materials;
  10. MXenes;
  11. Aerogels, Xerogels and Cryogels;
  12. Silica porous materials
  13. Metal oxides


Submission Deadline: 31 March 2021
Guest EditorsDr. Alessandro Erto,
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, P. leTecchio, 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy
Dr. Lucas Meili,
Laboratory of Processes - LAPRO, Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, Tabuleiro dos Martins, Maceió/AL, Brazil, CEP 57072-970
Dr. Paul Westerhoff,
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States

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