Environmental Nanotechnology Volume 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dasgupta, Nandita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ranjan, Shivendu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 14
• Subjects: Environmental chemistry.; Nanotechnology.; Food-Biotechnology.; Environmental Chemistry.; Food Science.

This book presents the environmental benefits of nanomaterials in agriculture, water purification and nanomedicine. Nanotechnology will modify the environment both in a positive and negative way. On the one hand, new nanomaterials are promising for reducing greenhouse gases, cleaning toxic wastes an...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Introduction to Nanomaterials
• 2. Nano-Food Technology and Nutrition
• 3. Nanoparticles For Heavy Metal Removal From Drinking Water
• 4. Nanobiosensors For Detection of Micropollutants
• 5. Nanotechnology Prospects and Constraints in Agriculture
• 6. Surface Modification of Advanced and Polymer Nanocomposites
• 7. Photovoltaics and Nanotechnology as Alternative Energy
• 8. Nanomedical Applications of Nanoparticles for Blood Coagulation Disorders
• 9. Cyclodextrin Nanosponges in Drug Delivery and Nanotherapeutics
• 10. Gold Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering.