Skip to main content
Elsevier

Biodegradation and Biodeterioration at the Nanoscale

  • 1st Edition - October 8, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, Muhammad Bilal, Ghulam Yasin, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Language: English

Biodegradation and Biodeterioration at the Nanoscale describes the biodegradation and biodeterioration of materials in the presence of nanomaterials. The book's chapters focus… Read more

Description

Biodegradation and Biodeterioration at the Nanoscale describes the biodegradation and biodeterioration of materials in the presence of nanomaterials. The book's chapters focus on the basic principles, action mechanisms and promising applications of advanced nanomaterials, along with their integration with biotechnological processes for controlled degradation and deterioration of materials. In addition, the current research indications, positive or negative environmental impacts, legislation and future directions are also discussed. This book is an important reference source for researchers, engineers and scientists working in environmental remediation, biotechnology, materials science, corrosion and nanotechnology.

Key features

  • Provides detailed coverage on how nano-biomaterials degrade and deteriorate
  • Compares how different types of bionanomaterials decompose
  • Explains how the priorities of bionanomaterials affect their deterioration rate

Readership

Materials scientists and engineers

Table of contents

PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES

1. Biodegradation and biodeterioration at the nanoscale: an introduction

2. Nanoscale characterization of biodegradation

3. Standard methods for evaluation of biodegradation

4. Roles of bacteria, fungi, algae, and enzymes in biodegradation

5. Roles of nanoparticles in biodegradation

6. Roles of biofilms in the corrosion of metals

7. Enzyme-encapsulated nanoparticles for the biodegradation of materials

8. Enzyme-coupled nanomembranes for the biodegradation of materials

PART 2: BIODEGRADATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AT THE NANOSCALE

9. Effects of nanoparticles on the biodegradation of organic materials

10. Biodegradation of plastic-based waste materials

11. Biodegradation of rubber-based waste materials

12. Biodegradation of lawn clippings-based waste materials

13. Biodegradation of timber industry-based waste materials

PART 3: BIODETERIORATION OF METALLIC MATERIALS AT THE NANOSCALE

14. Microbial-induced corrosion: an introduction

15. Effects of nanomaterials on microbial-induced corrosion of metals

16. Microbial-induced corrosion of titanium nanoalloys

17. Microbial-induced corrosion of aluminum nanoalloys

18. Microbial-induced corrosion of copper nanoalloys

19. Microbial-induced corrosion of braze nanoalloys

20. Methods for mitigation of microbial-induced corrosion

PART 4: BIODETERIORATION OF MINERAL MATERIALS AT THE NANOSCALE

21. Biodeterioration of mineral materials by microorganisms

22. Microbiologically induced deterioration of concrete

23. Microbiologically induced deterioration of nanoconcretes

24. Microbiologically induced deterioration of cement-based materials

PART 5: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FUTURE SCOPES

25. Ecotoxicological impacts and socio-economical aspects of biodegradable materials

26. Ecotoxicological impacts and socio-economical aspects of biocorrosion

27. Current challenges, research gaps, and measures

28. Enforcement, legislation, and future perspectives

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 14, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

HI

Hafiz M. N. Iqbal

Hafiz M.N. Iqbal is a Research Professor in the School of Engineering and Sciences at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. His areas of research are biomaterials, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, bioremediation, bio-catalysis, enzymes, immobilization, chemical engineering, green chemistry, algal biotechnology, and bioenergy.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

MB

Muhammad Bilal

Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

GY

Ghulam Yasin

Ghulam Yasin is a researcher in the School of Environment and Civil Engineering at Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China. His expertise covers the design and development of hybrid devices and technologies of carbon nanostructures and advanced nanomaterials for for real-world impact in energy-related and other functional applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Guangdong, China

TN

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

View book on ScienceDirect

Read Biodegradation and Biodeterioration at the Nanoscale on ScienceDirect