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Environmental Applications of Microbial Nanotechnology

Emerging Trends in Environmental Remediation

  • 1st Edition - October 26, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Pardeep Singh, Vijay Kumar, Mansi Bakshi, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Mika Sillanpää
  • Language: English

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Description

Environmental Applications of Microbial Nanotechnology: Emerging Trends in Environmental Remediation discusses emerging trends and recent advancements in environmental remediation. The book provides environmental applications of microbial nanotechnology that helps readers understand novel microbial systems and take advantage of recent advances in microbial nanotechnologies. It highlights established research and technology on microbial nanotechnology's environmental applications, moves to rapidly emerging aspects and then discusses future research directions. The book provides researchers in academia and industry with a high-tech start-up that will revolutionize the modern environmental applications of microbial nanotechnology research.

Key features

  • Provides the fundamentals of microbial nanotechnology in relation to environmental applications
  • Addresses challenging impacts of microbial nanotechnology on the environment, human health, safety and sustainability
  • Provides principles and advanced trends and approaches for environmental remediation
  • Features real-time applications with case studies that illustrate how microbial nanotechnology influences modern sciences and technology

Readership

(Under)graduate students, teachers, researchers, and academic staff in chemical engineering, environmental sciences, biotechnology, materials engineering, environmental engineering, and safety engineering; Researchers in industry

Table of contents

1. Fundamentals of Microbial Nanotechnology

2. Microbes Mediated Synthesis of Nanoparticles

3. Detection of Heavy Metal Ions Using Nanoparticles Synthesized from Microbial Route

4. Development of Biosensors towards the Detection of Pathogens Present in Environment

5. Peroxidase-Like Activity of Microbial Nanomaterials

6. Degradation of Organic Dyes Using Nanoparticles Synthesized by Microorganisms

7. Adsorption of Toxic Pollutants Using Nanomaterials Originated from Microbes

8. Application of Microbial Nanoparticles in Water Remediation

9. Role of Microbial Nanostructures in Soil Remediation

10. Environment Sustainability with Microbial Nanotechnology

11. Legal and Health Safety Issue of Microbial Nanotechnology

12. Future Recommendations and Research

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 26, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

PS

Pardeep Singh

Dr Pardeep Singh is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2011. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in the year 2017. The area of his doctoral research is the degradation of organic pollutants through various indigenous isolated microbes and by using various types of photocatalytic. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

VK

Vijay Kumar

Dr Vijay Kumar is presently working as Executive Member, Society for Environment and Sustainable Development, New Delhi India. He obtained his master degree from the Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2012. He received his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in 2017. His doctoral research area is biological synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles and their environmental and biological applications. He has published more than 27 papers in the International Journals in the field of environmental nanotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Society for Environment and Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India

MB

Mansi Bakshi

Mansi Bakshi works in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

CM

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry & EVSC Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA

MS

Mika Sillanpää

Mika Sillanpää is a professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering, environmental monitoring, and resource recovery from waste streams.

Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D.Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. Since 2000, he has been a full professor/adjunct professor at the University of Oulu, the University of Eastern Finland, the LUT University, the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Johannesburg.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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