Interactions Of Nanomaterials With Emerging Environmental Contaminants (acs Symposium Series)
by Virender K. Sharma /
2014 / English / PDF
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Emerging environmental contaminants are newly identified or
previously unrecognized pollutants, which primarily include human
and veterinary pharmaceuticals and personal-care products,
surfactants, plasticizers, flame retardants, metals and metalloids,
various industrial additives, pesticides, and pesticide
metabolites. The use of novel nanomaterials with unique
characteristics has been demonstrated to increase the removal
efficiency of emerging pollutants, which provides a promising
strategy to control the distribution of environmental contaminants.
In addition, nanomaterials also can serve as ideal platforms for
precise and accurate detection and sensing of emerging contaminants
in the environment and biological fluids; this is because of their
novel characteristics on optical and electrochemical properties.
The interactive research of nanomaterials with emerging
environmental contaminants will improve our understanding of the
implication and application of nanomaterials in the
environment.
Emerging environmental contaminants are newly identified or
previously unrecognized pollutants, which primarily include human
and veterinary pharmaceuticals and personal-care products,
surfactants, plasticizers, flame retardants, metals and metalloids,
various industrial additives, pesticides, and pesticide
metabolites. The use of novel nanomaterials with unique
characteristics has been demonstrated to increase the removal
efficiency of emerging pollutants, which provides a promising
strategy to control the distribution of environmental contaminants.
In addition, nanomaterials also can serve as ideal platforms for
precise and accurate detection and sensing of emerging contaminants
in the environment and biological fluids; this is because of their
novel characteristics on optical and electrochemical properties.
The interactive research of nanomaterials with emerging
environmental contaminants will improve our understanding of the
implication and application of nanomaterials in the
environment.
This book is derived from the symposium "Interactions of
Nanomaterials with Emerging Environmental Contaminants" at the
244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia during the fall of 2012
sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of
Environmental Chemistry. Many topics addressing issues of
interaction of emerging environmental pollutants with nanomaterials
(including physical, photochemical, and biological interactions)
were presented in this symposium, and they constitute the main
content of this book. This book contains 12 peer-reviewed chapters
that cover various aspects of interaction of various nanomaterials
with environmental contaminants. These chapters can be organized
into two major sections: (I) interaction of nanomaterials with
biomolecules for biosensing and detection of contaminants (Chapter
1-4) and (II) interaction of nanomaterials with contaminants to
enhance the removal efficiency and rate of emerging pollutants
(Chapter 5-12).
This book is derived from the symposium "Interactions of
Nanomaterials with Emerging Environmental Contaminants" at the
244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia during the fall of 2012
sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of
Environmental Chemistry. Many topics addressing issues of
interaction of emerging environmental pollutants with nanomaterials
(including physical, photochemical, and biological interactions)
were presented in this symposium, and they constitute the main
content of this book. This book contains 12 peer-reviewed chapters
that cover various aspects of interaction of various nanomaterials
with environmental contaminants. These chapters can be organized
into two major sections: (I) interaction of nanomaterials with
biomolecules for biosensing and detection of contaminants (Chapter
1-4) and (II) interaction of nanomaterials with contaminants to
enhance the removal efficiency and rate of emerging pollutants
(Chapter 5-12).
