Overview
- Reviews nanoadsorbents from natural and biological origin – eco-friendly and non-toxic materials
- Specifically describes materials for water remediation and removal of organic and inorganic contaminants
- Includes materials with both organic and inorganic skeleton, and describes how the benefits of the different materials can be combined and exploited
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials (SSPCM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- Nanoadsorbent
- Natural organic polymers
- Natural inorganic polymers
- Chromium removal
- Water pollution remediation
- Carbon nanoadsorbents
- Organic contaminants removal
- Silica nanoparticles
- Silica based biohybrid sorbents
- Chitosan based biosorbents
- Cationic polyelectrolyte nanosorbents
- Agricultural byproducts
- Removal inorganic contaminants
- water quality and water pollution
- water quality and water pollution
About this book
The book describes how these benefits of the described materials can be combined and exploited. It will thus appeal to chemists, nanotechnologists, environmental engineers and generally all scientist working in the field of water pollution and remediation as an inspiration for the innovation toward new technologies.Â
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ajay Kumar Mishra is a Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (NanoWS) Research Unit, in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology at the University of South Africa in Johannesburg. He also holds a position as "Adjunct Professor" at Jiangsu University, China.Â
Prof. Mishra obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delhi in India. In 2006, he moved to the University of Free State, South Africa for Postdoctoral studies in the area of composites/nanocomposites. In 2009 he joined the Department of Applied Chemistry as a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. Prof. Mishra is currently group leader of the research area for the composites/nanocomposites, water research and bio-inorganic chemistry.Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bio- and Nanosorbents from Natural Resources
Editors: Shivani Bhardwaj Mishra, Ajay Kumar Mishra
Series Title: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68708-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68707-0Published: 27 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88643-5Published: 25 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68708-7Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2364-1878
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1886
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 182
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Nanotechnology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution