Nanotechnology is finding numerous uses in the water industry, including high surface area filtration media, membranes for desalination plants, and fundamental new methods for desalination. This book provides a comprehensive overview from a global perspective, presenting the latest research and developments in the use of nanotechnology for water purification and desalination. It effectively demonstrates the role of nanotechnology in water treatment.
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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Bimodal UV-Assisted Nano-TiO2 Catalyst-Crumb Rubber Device for Treatment of Contaminated Water; Chapter 2: Hierarchical Carbon and Hydrogels for Sensing, Remediation in Drinking Water, and Aquaculture Drug Delivery; Chapter 3: Use of Nanomaterials in Water Remediation by a Subcritical Water Process; Chapter 4: Reduction of Priority Pollutants by Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron in Subsurface Environments; Chapter 5: Nanotoxicity: Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems Chapter 6: SonoPhotoCatalytic Cavitation (SPCC) in Water TreatmentChapter 7: Bilge and Ballast Water Treatment Using Nanotechnology; Chapter 8: Nanoengineered Organosilica Materials for the Treatment of Produced Water; Chapter 9: Arsenic Removal Metrics That Commercialized the Drinking Water Market; Chapter 10: Commercialization of Nano from Water Sensors to Membranes; Chapter 11: Nano-Photocatalytic Materials for Environmental Applications; Chapter 12: Engineered Polymers and Organic-Inorganic Hybrids as Antimicrobial Materials for Water Disinfection Chapter 13: Key Water Treatment Technologies and Their Use by Several Industrial Segments and Future Potential for NanotechnologyChapter 14: Iron-Based Magnetic Nanomaterials in Wastewater Treatment; Chapter 15: Sustainable Clean Water: Closing the Cycle; Chapter 16: Thin Film Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membranes; Chapter 17: Technological Developments in Water Defluoridation; Chapter 18: Nanotechnology Tunneling in the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): Nano Zerovalent Iron for Underground Water Remediation; Chapter 19: Engineered Nanoscale Materials for Defluoridation of Groundwater Chapter 20: Advances in Nanostructured Polymers and Membranes for Removal of Heavy Metals in WaterChapter 21: Point-of-Drinking Water Purification Innovation: The Water Initiative; Chapter 22: WaterHealth International: Decentralized Systems Provide Sustainable Drinking Water; Chapter 23: Electrospun Nanofibers in Water Purification; Chapter 24: Light-Activated Nanotechnology for Drinking Water Purification; Chapter 25: Modified TiO2-Based Photocatalytic Systems for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Water Chapter 26: Noble Metal Nanosystems for Drinking Water Purification: From Nanoparticles to ClustersChapter 27: Water Desalination: Emerging and Existing Technologies; Chapter 28: Challenges and Opportunities for Nanotechnology in the Energy-Water Nexus; Chapter 29: Nanotechnology in Passive Atmospheric Water Capture; Chapter 30: Evaluation of a Zinc Clinoptilolite (ZZ®) for Drinking Water Treatment; Chapter 31: Phosphorous Removal and Recovery Using Nanotechnology; Chapter 32: Nanomaterials Persuasive in Long History of Pursuing Perchlorates
