Simeonidis / Mourdikoudis Nanoparticles as Sustainable Environmental Remediation Agents

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-83767-022-2
Verlag: Royal Society of Chemistry
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

The expanding use of nanoparticles in a wide range of applications has brought to light the need to adopt an integrated approach regarding their synthesis, use, recovery and handling.

This book covers the intense research field of nanoparticle utilization as remediation agents for toxic pollutants, and pays special attention to their post-application recovery, the monitoring of their fate when released, and life cycle analysis. The reader may therefore evaluate the prospects and limitations of these technologies through the prism of sustainability demands.

Several chapters summarize successful applications of single or multi-phase nanoparticles for drinking water purification, wastewater and gas-stream treatment and soil consolidation. Importantly, they evaluate the potential scale-up for real-world applications that need to compete with traditional treatment methods.

However, the risk of uncontrolled release into the environment can be a significant drawback to the extended use of nanoparticles. For this reason, a detailed analysis is given to aspects of their post-use recycling and regeneration, determination of release pathways, risk assessment methods and life cycle evaluation studies, highlighting the importance of preventing the unintended release of nanoparticles into the environment.

This book will be a valuable resource for anyone looking at the development of nanoparticles with a view to environmental remediation strategies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simeonidis, Konstantinos

Mourdikoudis, Stefanos

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Applications of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Bioremediation for Environmental Safety: An Overview;Nanomaterials: Double-edged Sword as Pollution Busters or Pollutants?;Soil Remediation Applications of Nanoparticles;Source, Remediation and Health Effects of Nanoparticles in Urban Air;Post-use Recovery of Nanoparticles;Fate of Nanoparticles in Soil and Water;Engineered Magnetic Nanoparticles as Environmental Remediation Agents;Risk Assessment of Large-scale Nanoparticle Uses;Multiphysics Simulation on Nanoparticle Environmental Paths and Recovery;LCA Applied to Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation: Advances and Challenges;Nanotoxicity Assessment of Engineering Nanoparticles;X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: A Structural Probe for Addressing Remediation Mechanisms Using Nanoadsorbents