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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK : Singapore :
Imperial College Press ; Dist. by World Scientific Publishing,
2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition: London: Imperial College Press, 2007. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 726 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848168053 (electronic bk.) 1848168055 (electronic bk.) |