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Green Chemistry Approaches to Environmental Sustainability. Status, Challenges and Prospective. Advances in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

  • Book

  • September 2023
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5755702

Green Chemistry Approaches to Environmental Sustainability: Status, Challenges and Prospective provides a comprehensive and complete overview of the emerging discipline of green chemistry and fundamental chemical principles. The book bridges the gap between research and industry by offering a systematic overview of current available sustainable materials and related information on new materials' suitability and potential for given projects. Along the way, the book examines natural and biodegradable materials while also presenting materials with multifunctional properties. Topics addressed in this book will be major accomplishments for sustainable developments in biofuels, renewable energies, and in the remediation of pollutants in water, air and soil.

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Table of Contents

1. Driver for changes
2. Environmental Pollution
3. Chemical Toxicology in Environmental matrices
4. Applications of Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation
5. Approaches and challenges with respect to green chemistry in Industries
6. Plant-derived compounds and their green synthesis in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
7. Greener Anthrosphere through Industrial Ecology
8. Radioactive waste minimization and management
9. Green Chemistry for production of renewable energy
10. Role of chemistry in green energy production
11. Use of Renewable feedstocks for chemical Synthesis
12. Full blown green metrics
13. A green approach: Living Nano factories
14. Green Fuels Technology
15. Green Technologies for Biovalorization
16. Depolymerization of Waste Plastics and Chemicals
17. SDGs for addressing environmental Challenges

Authors

Vinod Kumar Garg Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, India. Prof. Garg is presently working at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Punjab, India. He is a well-rounded researcher with more than 30 years of experience in leading, supervising, and undertaking research in the broad field of solid and hazardous Waste Management. His research group are working on Water and Wastewater pollution monitoring and abatement. He has published more than 200 research and review articles, 22 proceedings, and 6 editorials in peer-reviewed journal of International and National journals of repute with more than citations 12000 In addition, he has published 2 book and 12 book chapters and completed 10 sponsored research project as PI funded by various agencies and departments. He was awarded "Thomson Reuters Research Excellence - India Citation Awards 2012�. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, the Biotech Research Society of India, the Indian Nuclear Society etc. Anoop Yadav Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Haryana, India. Dr. Anoop Yadav?is currently employed as Assistant Professor at Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Haryana, India. He has done a PhD from the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (Haryana), India. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. His current research focuses on recovery of nutrients from solid wastes of industries using vermicomposting technology and environmental pollution management. He has published more than 25 research papers in national and international journals, 07 chapters in the books published by reputed publishers. He serves as a member of editorial boards of various peer reviewed journals. He is also a life member of the Biotech research society of India and The Indian Science Congress Association, (India). Chandra Mohan Assistant Professor of Chemistry, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram, India. Dr. Chandra Mohan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram is a Senior Faculty with over 9 years of teaching and research experience, having expertise in Inorganic Chemistry. Dr. Chandra Mohan has obtained Doctorate (Chemistry) in the field of Chemical Sensors from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India and also received a National Fellowship from University Grant Commission, Delhi. He received M.Phil in Chemistry from University of Delhi and Masters from Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University Ajmer. His research work focused on heterocycle based transition metal complexes for biological and sensor applications, and clay based solid acid catalysis. He has published more than 25 research papers in Peer reviewed journals, 3 book chapters and 1 patent. Sushma Yadav Assistant Professor, Central University of Haryana, India. Dr Sushma is currently working as Assistant Professor in Industrial Waste Management under department of Vocational Studies and Skill Development in Central University of Haryana. She has completed her M.Sc and M.Tech degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Guru Jambheshwar University of Hisar, Haryana and PhD in Environmental Engineering from IIT Delhi. She has 5 years of teaching and research experience. Her field of research is advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment. She has published 7 research articles and 3 book chapters with high impact factor reputed journals. She got the best paper award in international conference (Chemcon-2016) and has a life membership of IIChE. Neeraj Kumari Assistant Professor, K R Mangalam University, India. Dr. Neeraj Kumari?is currently employed as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, School of Basic and Applied Science, K R Mangalam University, Gurugram India. She did her PhD from University of Delhi, Delhi (India). She has 2.5 years of experience in teaching and research. Currently, her research area is removal of waste like organic dyes from wastewater using natural materials and application of magnetic nanomaterials. She has published 6 research papers and book chapters in national and international journals and books. She was awarded the best paper presentation in national conference. She is also a life member of the Indian Science Congress.