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Carbon Nanomaterials as Adsorbents for Environmental and Biological Applications

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Abstract

The qualities of waters are constantly diminishing due to release of toxic components into the environment. It is very important to treat wastewater in order to remove pollutants and improve water quality. Generally, adsorption technology has proven to be one of the most effective techniques in the separation and removal of a wide variety of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater. Recently, carbon nanomaterials such as fullerene, carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene-family have become promising adsorbents for water treatment. This chapter compiles relevant knowledge about the experimental and theoretical adsorption activities of fullerene, CNT and graphene-family as nanoadsorbents for removal of organic and inorganic environmental pollutants.

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Abbreviations

AR-183:

Acid Red 183

BPH A:

Bisphenol A

COD:

Chemical Oxygen Demand

CP:

Chlorpyrifos

CNT:

Carbon Nanotube

DB-53:

Direct Blue 53 dye

DCL:

Sodium Diclofenac

DFT:

Density Functional Theory

DOX:

Doxorubicin

EDC:

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds

ES:

Endosulfan

GO:

Graphene Oxide

GNSs:

Graphene Nanosheets

MB:

Methyl Blue

ML:

Malathion

MO:

Methyl Orange

MWCNT:

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

NAPH:

2-Naphthol and Naphthalene

PAC:

Powdered Activated Carbon

RB-4:

Reactive Blue 4

rGO:

Reduced Graphene Oxide

RRM:

Reactive Red M-2BE

SIESTA:

Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms

SWCNT:

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

TCB:

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

TCP:

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol

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The authors acknowledge funding from Brazilian agencies CNPq and CAPES.

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  1. Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, 96010610, Brazil

    Fernando Machado Machado

  2. Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501970, Brazil

    Éder Cláudio Lima

  3. Área de Ciências Tecnológicas, Centro Universitário Franciscano, Santa Maria, RS, 97010032, Brazil

    Iuri Medeiros Jauris

  4. Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 110008, Ogun State, Nigeria

    Matthew Ayorinde Adebayo

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Machado, F.M., Lima, É.C., Jauris, I.M., Adebayo, M.A. (2015). Carbon Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications. In: Bergmann, C., Machado, F. (eds) Carbon Nanomaterials as Adsorbents for Environmental and Biological Applications. Carbon Nanostructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18875-1_5

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