Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hu, Anming (Editor), Apblett, Allen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, 22
• Subjects: Engineering.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Ecotoxicology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

This book describes the latest progress in the application of nanotechnology for water treatment and purification. Leaders in the field present both the fundamental science and a comprehensive overview of the diverse range of tools and technologies that have been developed in this critical area. Exp...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Fundamentals on adsorption, membrane filtration and advanced oxidation processes for water treatment
• Chapter 2. Development of TiO2 Nanowires for Membrane Filtration Applications
• Chapter 3. Photocatalytic Decomposition of Environmentally Persistent Perfluorooctanoic Acid
• Chapter 4. Electrospun Nano fiber Membranes and their Applications in Water and wastewater Treatment
• Chapter 5. Fullerenes and Carbon Nano-onions for Environmental Application
• Chapter 6. Graphene—Environmental and Sensor Applications
• Chapter 7. Magnetically recyclable nanomaterials for water treatment
• Chapter 8. Removal of 4, 6-Dinitro-O-Cresol, Congo Red Dye and Decane from Water Using Magnetic Activated Carbons
• Chapter 9. Effects of Nanotechnologies on Disinfection By product Formation
• Chapter 10. Nanotechnology in Contemporary Mine Water Issues
• Index.