The book is a comprehensive deep-dive into the developments and advancements of emerging carbon-based nanocomposites for wastewater applications.
Science and technology development are tackling one of the world's most pressing concerns―water contamination and effective treatment. Carbon-based nanocomposites have emerged as one of the leading materials in this treatment push because of their properties and high ability for the catalytic degradation of contaminants from aqueous segments.
The 10 chapters in this timely book cover the follows areas:
- Carbon-based nanocomposites for remediation of heavy metals and organic pollutants from wastewater
- Functional green carbon nanocomposites for heavy-metal treatment in water
- Green nanocomposites and applications in environmentally-friendly carbon nanomaterials
- Carbon-based nanocomposites as heterogeneous catalysts for organic reactions in environment-friendly solvents
- Carbon-based polymer nanocomposite applications
- Biochar-based adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants from aqueous systems
- Carbon nanomaterial-based green nanocomposites
- The removal of trihalomethanes from water using nanofiltration membranes
- Nanocomposite materials as electrode materials in microbial fuel cells for the removal of water pollutants
- Plasmonic smart nanosensors for the determination of environmental pollutants.
Ajay Kumar Mishra is a full Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit at College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa, Florida Science Campus, South Africa. He received his PhD in 2007 from the University of Delhi, India. He also Adjunct Professor at Jiangsu University, China. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers and edited several books including three books on water and nanotechnology with Wiley-Scrivener. His research interests include synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials, nanocomposites, biopolymer and/or petrochemical-based biodegradable polymers, polymers-based materials/composites, smart materials, CNT and graphene-based composite materials and water research.
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain PhD is an Adjunct Professor, Academic Advisor and Lab Director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, USA. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology & advanced materials in environment, analytical chemistry and various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as prolific author and editor of several scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.
Shivani B. Mishra received her PhD degree in Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India and pursued her postdoctoral research at the University of Free State, CSIR and University of Johannesburg. She is currently working as Professor at the Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, University of South Africa. Her research interests include materials science, nanotechnology and its applications. She has contributed many research articles in national and international accredited journals as well as authored several books.
