Nanomaterials for the Detection and Removal of Wastewater Pollutants. Micro and Nano Technologies

Table of Contents

1. Nano-enabled technologies for wastewater remediation
2. Common wastewater contaminants versus emerging ones: an overview
3. Detection methods of wastewater contaminants: state of the art and role of nanotechnology
4. Detection and removal of biological contaminants in water: the role of nanotechnology
5. Nanomaterials for the efficient abatement of wastewater contaminants by means of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration
6. Advanced nanomaterials for ultrafiltration membranes application
7. Adsorption processes for the removal of contaminants from wastewater: the perspective role of nanomaterials and nanotechnology
8. Advanced nanomaterials for the removal of heavy metals from groundwater
9. Metaleorganic frameworks for water purification
10. Heterogeneous photocatalysis: how doping with nitrogen can improve the performance of semiconductor nanoparticles under visible light irradiation
11. Heterogeneous photo-Fenton reaction and its enhancement upon addition of chelating agents
12. Actual mineralization versus partial degradation of wastewater contaminants
13. A review of transport of nanoparticles in porous media: from pore- to macroscale using computational methods
14. Ecosafe nanomaterials for environmental remediation
15. Matching nanotechnologies with reactor scale-up and industrial exploitation

Authors

Barbara Bonelli Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Applied Science and Technology and INSTM Unit of Torino Politecnico, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.. Barbara Bonelli is Associate Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Applied Science and Technology and INSTM Unit of Torino Politecnico at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Her research focuses on the synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of nanomaterials to be used for adsorption, catalysis and photocalysis, as well as for environmental remediation. Francesca S. Freyria Research Fellow, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy. Francesca S Freyria is a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie fellow in the Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Her research focuses on the development of innovative catalytic and photocatalytic mesoporous materials for the abatement of pollutants in wastewater and on luminescent solar heterostructures for artificial photosynthesis. Ilenia Rossetti Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Italy. Ilenia Rossetti is Associate Professor of Chemical Industrial Plants at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the design of chemical plants, reactors and heterogeneous catalytic processes. Rajandrea Sethi Professor, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy. Rajandrea Sethi is Professor in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy. He is the head of Groundwater Engineering Group and his studies focus on flow and contaminant transport modelling, colloidal transport in porous media, groundwater monitoring, development of novel environmental reclamation technologies, and environmental nanotechnologies.