Environmental applications of nanomaterials :: synthesis, sorbents and sensors /

This book is concerned with functional nanomaterials, materials containing specific, predictable nanostructures whose chemical composition, or interfacial structure enables them to perform a specific job: to destroy, sequester, or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat. Nanoma...

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Other Authors: Fryxell, Glen E., Cao, Guozhong
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Singapore : Imperial College Press ; Dist. by World Scientific Publishing, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book is concerned with functional nanomaterials, materials containing specific, predictable nanostructures whose chemical composition, or interfacial structure enables them to perform a specific job: to destroy, sequester, or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat. Nanomaterials have a number of features that make them ideally suited for this job: they have a high surface area, high reactivity, easy dispersability, and rapid diffusion, to name a few. The purpose of this book is to showcase how these features can be tailored to address some of the environmental remediation and sensing/detection problems faced by mankind today. A number of leading researchers have contributed to this volume, painting a picture of diverse synthetic strategies, structures, materials, and methods. The intent of this book is to showcase the current state of environmental nanomaterials in such a way as to be useful both as a research resource and as a graduate level textbook. We have organized this book into sections on nanoparticle-based remediation strategies, nanostructured inorganic materials (e.g. layered materials like the apatites), nanostructured organic/inorganic hybrid materials, and the use of nanomaterials to enhance the performance of sensors.
Item Description:Previous edition: London: Imperial College Press, 2007.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 726 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848168053
1848168055
9781283593533
128359353X

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