Chitosan-Based Hybrid Nanomaterials
- 1st Edition - March 6, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Nisar Ali, Muhammad Bilal, Adnan Khan, Tuan Anh Nguyen
- Language: English
Chitosan-Based Hybrid Nanomaterials focuses on chitosan, an abundantly occurring biopolymer, to present possibilities for the removal of contaminants and a greener approach… Read more
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Description
Description
Chitosan-Based Hybrid Nanomaterials focuses on chitosan, an abundantly occurring biopolymer, to present possibilities for the removal of contaminants and a greener approach towards a cleaner environment – combining nanotechnology with the deployment of naturally occurring materials to remedy environmental challenges. This book fills research gaps and what is known about chitosan-based nanomaterials. Considering the importance of naturally occurring materials with the applied knowledge of nanotechnology in the field of environmental restoration, this book is an ideal resource for interested parties and career professionals.
Key features
Key features
- Covers properties, synthesis, and characterization of chitosan nanostructures and their utilization in the removal of contaminants
- Highlights the latest developments on the utilization of chitosan in environmental restoration
- Summarizes the importance of chitosan nanostructures for several applications
Readership
Readership
Inorganic and organic chemists; several scientists working in the environmental sectors, agencies responsible for the environmental restoration, environmentalists
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part 1: BASICS and FUNDAMENTALS
1. A preface to the chitosan-biopolymer, its origin, and properties
2. Chitin and chitosan manufacturing and processing techniques
3. Chitosan-based nanomaterials, multiple forms, and characterization
4. Degradability of chitosan nanostructures in the natural environment
5. Functional properties of chitosan-based nanomaterial
Part 2: Emerging applications OF CHITOSAN-BASED NANOMATERIALS
6. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of industrial products
7. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of pharmaceutical products 8. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of heavy metals
9. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of inorganic species
10. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of organic dyes
11. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of pesticides
12. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of hydrocarbons
13. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of phenols and biphenyls
14. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of detergents
15. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of plasticizers
Part 3: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE SCOPE
16. Safety, regulations, and economic impact of chitosan nanostructures
17. Eco- and toxicological impact of chitosan nanostructures
18. Current status of chitosan nanostructures in the field of environmental remediation
19. Challenges and Future prospects of chitosan nanostructures in environmental remediation
1. A preface to the chitosan-biopolymer, its origin, and properties
2. Chitin and chitosan manufacturing and processing techniques
3. Chitosan-based nanomaterials, multiple forms, and characterization
4. Degradability of chitosan nanostructures in the natural environment
5. Functional properties of chitosan-based nanomaterial
Part 2: Emerging applications OF CHITOSAN-BASED NANOMATERIALS
6. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of industrial products
7. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of pharmaceutical products 8. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of heavy metals
9. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of inorganic species
10. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of organic dyes
11. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of pesticides
12. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of hydrocarbons
13. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of phenols and biphenyls
14. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of detergents
15. Chitosan-based nanomaterials in decontamination of plasticizers
Part 3: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE SCOPE
16. Safety, regulations, and economic impact of chitosan nanostructures
17. Eco- and toxicological impact of chitosan nanostructures
18. Current status of chitosan nanostructures in the field of environmental remediation
19. Challenges and Future prospects of chitosan nanostructures in environmental remediation
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 7, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Nisar Ali
Nisar Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University, Oman. His research interest includes polymer/biopolymer hybrids and assembly materials, magnetic composite nanostructures, surface functionalization, wettability, and wastewater remediation.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University, OmanMB
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, PolandAK
Adnan Khan
Adnan Khan earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas, Sao Paulo-Brazil (UNICAMP) in 2011. His main areas of interest includes adsorption, catalysis, biopolymers, and molecularly imprinted polymers. He is currently wroks as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar. Dr. Adnan has more than 75 publications to his name in international peer-reviewed journals, including co-editor of books, author book chapters, review papers, and conference papers that are either published or in progress.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, PakistanTN
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, VietnamView book on ScienceDirect
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