Nanotechnology applications for wastewater research have a significant impact in maintaining the long-term quality, availability, and viability of water supplies. Nanoclays in Water and Wastewater Treatment: Technical, Economic and Scale-up Aspects presents a detailed review of cutting-edge research on the use of these materials in water applications including treatment, remediation, sensing, and pollution prevention. Various nanoparticles and nanomaterials that could be used in water remediation (zeolites, carbon nanotubes, self-assembled monolayer on mesoporous supports, biopolymers, single-enzyme nanoparticles, zero-valent iron nanoparticles, bimetallic iron nanoparticles, and nanoscale semiconductor photocatalysts) are discussed. The book also covers waterborne infectious diseases as well as waterborne pathogens, microbes, and toxicity.
The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic researchers and professional engineers who are working on the development of supported catalysts for wastewater treatment applications.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Overview (Introduction)
1. Natural Nanoclays
2. Synthetic Nanoclays: Synthesis and Physico-chemical characterization
3. Processing and upscaling of nanoclay for industrial level applications: Existing technology, challenges and future
4. Computational methods: a tool for nanoclay investigation at molecular level
5. Green synthesis of nanoclays
Section 2: Nanoclays in treating organic pollutants in water and wastewater
6. Remediating POPs using nanoclays
7. Application of nanoclays in water treatment for PPCPs
8. Nanoclays for the removal of PFAS in wastewater and groundwater
9. Organic dye removal using green nanoclays: challenges in real scale
10. Nanoclay application in removing agrochemical residue in water
Section 3: Nanoclays in removing inorganic pollutants in water and wastewater
11. Defluoridation with nanoclays
12. Nanoclays for the removal of macronutrients in water: Challenges and future
13. Surface interactions of nanoclays with metalloids
14. Challenges and opportunities of nanoclay application for the removal of hexavalent Cr
15. Potentially toxic elements and nanoclay interactions: Possibilities for upscaling water treatment
Section 4: Nanoclay composites for water and wastewater treatment
16. Surface modification of nanoclay with organics
17. Intercalation of biochar with nanoclay: Properties and characteristics
18. Green nanoclay composites for removal of Ions from water
19. Sustainable applications of nanoclay composites
20. Natural bio-polimer nanoclay composites for water treatment
Section 5: Case studies
21. Adsorption of Phenol from Wastewater Using Calcined Magnesium-Zinc-Aluminium Layered Double Hydroxide nanoclay
22. Oil/water separation from nanoclay composites
23. Antimicrobial Applications of Clay Nanotube-Based Composites
Authors
Meththika Vithanage Professor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.Dr Meththika Vithanage is a Professor in Natural Resources at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Her research approach builds on enabling measurements of concentrations and reaction rates in environmental samples for key/emerging pollutants in the environment in order to assess their fate and transport to discover solutions to remediate those using different geo/bio/nano materials.
Dr Vithanage's contribution to science has been recognized by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) presenting the Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi award in 2020. She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka, and Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon, and was selected as one of the Early Career Women Scientists by the Organization for Women Scientists in Developing Countries, Italy. Her outstanding performance in research publications was recognized by the Presidential Awards, Sri Lanka, for consecutive 8 years from 2011 Dimitrios A Giannakoudakis Assistant Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences, Greece. Dr. Dimitrios Giannakoudakis graduated as chemist from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece, where he obtained also two M.Sc. degrees (in Physical-chemistry & Electrochemistry and in New Educational Technologies). He received his PhD degree on "Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry� from the City University of New York (CUNY) with full scholarship, in 02/2017. Then, he continued as postdoctoral-fellow and adjunct tutor at the City College of New York, AUTh, and the Institute of Physical Chemistry (IChF) of Polish Academy of Sciences. Afterwards, he served at IChF as adj. Assistant Professor and tutor of "Modern nano-Topics in Physical Chemistry�. Currently, he is Research Associate and tutor at AUTh.He has co-authored more than 105 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals (avg. Impact Factor as 1st author above 11), with the articles to be cited more than 3000 times, one monograph by Springer, three edited books by Elsevier, more than 20 book chapters, and 3 invention patents.
For more details: www.DaGchem.com Jagpreet Singh Research Professor, University Centre for Research & Development, Academic or Professional Affiliation: Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India.
Jagpreet Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. His research areas focus on green/sustainable and chemical synthesis of Nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanowires, nanorods, carbon dots, graphene, nanocomposites) and their environmental remediation's applications in (Advanced oxidation processes, heavy metal ion sensing, catalysis, photocatalysis seed germination, antimicrobial activity). He is also an editorial member and reviewer for several international peer reviewed journals from international publishers.
