Scrivener Publishing, Beverly, MA, USA, 2016. – 432 p. – ISBN: 111904118XSmart materials are used to develop more cost-effective and high-performance water treatment systems as well as instant and continuous ways to monitor water quality. Smart materials in water research have been extensively utilized for the treatment, remediation, and pollution prevention. Smart materials can maintain the long term water quality, availability and viability of water resource. Thus, water via smart materials can be reused, recycled, desalinized and also it can detect the biological and chemical contamination whether the source is from municipal, industrial or man-made waste. The 15 state-of-the-art review chapters contained in this book cover the recent advancements in the area of waste water, as well as the prospects about the future research and development of smart materials for the waste water applications in the municipal, industrial and manmade waste areas. Treatment techniques (nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, adsorption and nano-reactive membranes) are also covered in-depth. The chapters are divided into three groups: The first section includes the various carbon nanomaterials (such as carbon nanotubes, mixed oxides) with a focus on use of carbon at nanoscale applied for waste water research. The second section focuses on synthetic nanomaterials for pollutants removal. The third section highlights the bio-polymeric nanomaterials where the authors have used the natural polymers matrices in a composite and nanocomposite material for waste treatment. The large number of researchers working in the area will benefit from the fundamental concepts, advanced approaches and application of the various smart materials towards waste water treatment that are described in the book. It will also provide a platform for the researchers and graduate students to carry out advanced research and understand the building blocks.
Contents
Carbon Nanomaterials
Easy and Large-Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Arsenic and Organic Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions
Potentialities of Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment
Photocatalytic Activity of Nanocarbon-TiO2 Composites with Gold Nanoparticles for the Degradation of Water Pollutants
Carbon Nanomaterials for Chromium (VI) Removal from Aqueous Solution
Nano-Carbons from Pollutant Soot: A Cleaner Approach toward Clean Environment
First-Principles Computational Design of Graphene for Gas Detection
Synthetic Nanomaterials
Advanced Material for Pharmaceutical Removal from Wastewater
Flocculation Performances of Polymers and Nanomaterials for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters
Polymeric Nanospheres for Organic Waste Removal
A Perspective of the Application of Magnetic Nanocomposites and Nanogels as Heavy Metal Sorbents for Water Purification
Role of Core–Shell Nanocomposites in Heavy Metal Removal
Biopolymeric Nanomaterials
Adsorption of Metallic Ions Cd2+, Pb2+, and Cr3+ from Water Samples Using Brazil Nut Shell as a Low-Cost Biosorbent
Cellulose: A Smart Material for Water Purification
Treatment of Reactive Dyes from Water and Wastewater through Chitosan and its Derivatives
Natural Algal-Based Processes as Smart Approach for Wastewater Treatment
