Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials : Synthesis, Sorbents and Sensors / editors, Glen E. Fryxell, Guozhong Cao.

Previous ed.: London: Imperial College Press, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface do the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Nanoparticle-based approaches -- Nanoparticle metal oxides for chlorocarbon and organophosphonate remediation / Olga B. Koper ... [et al.] -- Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) for site remediation / Daniel W. Elliott, Hsing-Lung Lien and Wei-xian Zhang -- Synthesis, characterization, and properties of zero-valent iron nanoparticles / D.R. Baer ... [et al.] -- Nanostructured inorganic materials -- Formation of nanosize apatite crystals in sediment for containment and stabilization of contaminants / Robert C. Moore ... [et al.] -- Functionalized nanoporous sorbents for adsorption of radioiodine from groundwater and waste glass leachates / S.V. Mattigod, G.E. Fryxell and K.E. Parker -- Nanoporous organic/inorganic hybrid materials -- Nature's nanoparticles : group IV phosphonates / Abraham Clearfield -- Twenty-five years of nuclear waste remediation studies / Abraham Clearfield -- Synthesis of nanostructured hybrid sorbent materials using organosilane self-assembly on mesoporous ceramic oxides / Glen E. Fryxell -- Chemically modified mesoporous silicas and organosilicas for adsorption and detection of heavy metal ions / Oksana Olkhovyk and Mietek Jaroniec -- Hierarchically imprinted adsorbents / Hyunjung Kim, Chengdu Liang and Sheng Dai -- Functionalization of periodic mesoporous silica and its application to the adsorption of toxic anions / Hideaki Yoshitake -- Layered semi-crystalline polysilsesquioxane : a mesostructured and stoichiometric organic-inorganic hybrid solid for the removal of environmentally hazardous ions / Hideaki Yoshitake -- A thiol-functionalized nanoporous silica sorbent for removal of mercury from actual industrial waste / S.V. Mattigod, G.E. Fryxell and K.E. Parker -- Functionalized nanoporous silica for oral chelation therapy of a broad range of radionuclides / Wassana Yantasee ... [et al.] -- Amine functionalized nanoporous materials for carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture / Feng Zheng ... [et al.] --

Carbon dioxide capture from post-combustion streams using amine-functionalized nanoporous materials / Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero and Abdelhamid Sayari -- Nanomaterials that enhance sensing/detection of environmental contaminants -- Nanostructured ZnO gas sensors / Huamei Shang and Guozhong Cao -- Synthesis and properties of mesoporous-based materials for environmental applications / Jianlin Shi ... [et al.] -- Electrochemical sensors based on nanomaterials for environmental monitoring / Wassana Yantasee, Yuehe Lin and Glen E. Fryxell -- Nanomaterial based environmental sensors / Dosi Dosev, Mikaela Nichkova and Ian M. Kennedy -- Carbon nanotube- and graphene-based sensors for environmental applications / Dan Du -- One-dimensional hollow oxide nanostructures : a highly sensitive gas-sensing platform / Jong-Heun Lee -- Preparation and electrochemical application of titania nanotube arrays / Pen Xiao, Guozhong Cao and Yunhuai Zhang.

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 -