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Progress and Challengers of Nanomaterials in Water Contamination

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Nanotechnology is a field dominated by the development of basic physics and chemical research, where phenomena at the atomic and molecular levels are studied to obtain materials and structures with physicochemical properties of great industrial importance. In the environmental sciences, nanomaterials have been increasingly explored due to their excellent performance and low cost for removing contaminants. This removal capacity is related to its high surface area. In the nanolevel, electrostatic forces take over, and quantum effects come in. In the nanometric scale also which was noted that as particles become nanosized, the proportion of atoms on the surface increases relative to those insides, and this leads to novel properties. In this chapter, an overview of the development of nanomaterials based on metals and metal oxide as well as their applications in water decontamination will be addressed.

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    Antonio Joel Ramiro de Castro

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    Ronaldo Ferreira do Nascimento

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de Oliveira Sousa Neto, V., de Castro, A.J.R., Saraiva, G.D., do Nascimento, R.F. (2021). Progress and Challengers of Nanomaterials in Water Contamination. In: Nascimento, R.F.d., Neto, V.d.O.S., Fechine, P.B.A., Freire, P.d.T.C. (eds) Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6056-3_7

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