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Surface Modified Nanomaterials for Applications in Catalysis

Fundamentals, Methods and Applications

  • 1st Edition - May 22, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Manoj B. Gawande, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
  • Language: English

Surface Modified Nanomaterials for Applications in Catalysis: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications provides an overview of the different state-of-the-art surface modificat… Read more

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Surface Modified Nanomaterials for Applications in Catalysis: Fundamentals, Methods and Applications provides an overview of the different state-of-the-art surface modification methods of nanomaterials and their commercial applications. The main objective of this book is to comprehensively cover the modification of nanomaterial and their fabrication, including different techniques and discussions of present and emerging commercial applications. The book addresses fundamental chemistry concepts as applied to the modification of nanomaterials for applications in energy, catalysis, water remediation, sensors, and more. Characterization and fabrication methodologies are reviewed, along with the challenges of up-scaling of processes for commercial applications.

This book is suitable for academics and practitioners working in materials science, engineering, nanotechnology, green chemistry and chemical engineering.

Key features

  • Provides an overview of the basic principles of surface modification of nanomaterials
  • Reviews useful fabrication and characterization methodologies for key applications
  • Addresses surface modified nanomaterials for applications in catalysis, energy, sensor, environment, and more

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers, Chemists, Chemical Engineers

Table of contents

1. New Frontiers for Heterogeneous Catalysis: Surface Modification of Nanomaterials

2. Fundamental concepts of Surface Chemistry for Nanoparticle Modification

Section 1: Fabrication of Surface Modified Nanomaterials (SMNs) based catalytic materials

3. Synthesis of SMNs based catalytic materials

Section 2: SMNs based catalytic materials for water resources

4. SMNs based catalytic materials for wastewater treatments

5. SMNs based catalytic materials for water purification, hydrocarbon production pollutant remediation

Section 3: SMNs based catalytic materials for the energy industry

6. SMNs based catalytic materials for the production of liquid fuels

Section 4: SMNs based catalytic materials for the environmental industry

7. SMNs based catalytic Membranes for Environment

Section 5: Modern applications of SMNs based catalytic materials

8. Semiconductor catalysts based on SNMs for Sensors

9. SMNs for water splitting, CO2 hydrogenation, and artificial photosynthesis

10. SMNs based materials for synthesis of pharmaceuticals

11. SMNs based catalytic materials for Modern Industry Applications

Section 6: Health & Safety Issues for SMNs based catalytic materials

12. Health & safety assessment & Economics of SMNs based catalytic materials

Section 7: Conclusion and outlook

13. Future of SMNs catalysts for industry applications

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 22, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Manoj B. Gawande

Manoj B. Gawande received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India and then undertook several research stints in Germany, South Korea, Portugal, Czech Republic, USA, and UK. He also worked as a Visiting Professor at CBC-SPMS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2013. Presently, he is Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai Marathwada Campus, Jalna, India. His research interests focus on SACs, advanced nanomaterials, sustainable technologies, and cutting-edge catalysis and energy applications. Currently, he is supervising several doctoral students and postdoctoral co-workers. He has published over 130 international scientific papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai Marathwada Campus, Jalna, India

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Yusuke Yamauchi

Yusuke Yamauchi received his Bachelor degree (2003), Master degree (2004), and Ph.D. (2007) from the Waseda University, Japan. After receiving his Ph.D., he joined the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, to start his own research group. In 2017, he moved to The University of Queensland (UQ). Presently, he is a senior group leader at AIBN and a full professor at School of Chemical Engineering. He concurrently serves as an honorary group leader at NIMS, an associate editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). He has published more than 800 papers in international refereed journals with ~ 50,000 citations (h-index > 115). He has been selected as one of the Highly-Cited Researchers (Chemistry in 2016-2020 and Materials Science in 2020).
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Australia

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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

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