Environmental applications of nanomaterials : synthesis, sorbents and sensors

• Other Authors: Fryxell, Glen E., Cao, Guozhong
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Imperial College Press, ©2007.
• Subjects: Nanostructured materials > Environmental aspects.; Pollutants.; Manufactures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 186094857X; 9781860948572; 9781613440803; 1613440804; 9781860946622; 1860946623; 1860946631; 9781860946639; 1281120537; 9781281120533; 9786611120535; 661112053X
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 507 pages) : illustrations

This volume is concerned with functional nanomaterials: materials containing specific, predictable nanostructure whose chemical composition or interfacial structure enable them to perform a specific job? destroy, sequester or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat. Nanomateria...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; CONTENTS; Nanoparticle Based Approaches; Chapter 1. Nanoparticle Metal Oxides for Chlorocarbon and Organophosphonate Remediation Olga B. Koper, Shyamala Rajagopalan, Slawomir Winecki and Kenneth J. Klabunde; Chapter 2. Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) for Site Remediation Daniel W. Elliott, Hsing-Lung Lien and Wei-xian Zhang; Chapter 3. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles D.R. Baer, P.G. Tratnyek, Y. Qiang, J.E. Amonette, J. Linehan, V. Sarathy, J.T. Nurmi, C.-M. Wang and J. Ant; Nanostructured Inorganic Materials.