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Nanotechnology for Water Remediation

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Environmental Nanotechnology

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 21))

Abstract

Scarcity of fresh drinkable water has escalated to be the one of the major global problem. Traditional wastewater treatment technologies are not adequate enough to produce safe water due to increasing demand of water coupled with stringent health guidelines and emerging contaminants. On that note, the advent of nanotechnology has given immense scope and opportunities for the removal of heavy metals, microorganisms and organic pollutants from wastewater and has emerged to be a very dynamic branch in the utilization of nanotechnology due to their unique physiochemical and biological properties compared to their bulk. Exploiting these properties of high specific surface area and surface reactivity have resulted in the excessive use and study of nanoparticles in wastewater remediation. The use of various nanomaterials, including carbon based nanomaterial, metal and metal oxides nanoparticles as were focused on, and their mode of action towards waste water remediation were discussed. Herein we tried to incorporate an overview of recent advances in nanotechnologies for water and wastewater treatment and understand various advantages, limitations and future direction.

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  1. Nano Institute of Utah, University of Utah, Utah, USA

    Jiban Saikia

  2. Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

    Jiban Saikia

  3. Department of Chemistry, Handique Girls College, Guwahati, India

    Abhijit Gogoi

  4. Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India

    Sukanya Baruah

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  2. Faculty of Engineering & The Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, India

    Shivendu Ranjan

  3. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix en Provence, France

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Saikia, J., Gogoi, A., Baruah, S. (2019). Nanotechnology for Water Remediation. In: Dasgupta, N., Ranjan, S., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Environmental Nanotechnology. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98708-8_7

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