This book focuses on nanotechnology for the preparation of metal oxide-based carbon nanocomposite materials for environmental remediation. It analyses the use of nanomaterials for water, soil, and air solutions, emphasizing the environmental risks of pollution. It further explores how magnetic and activated carbon nanomaterials are being used for a sustainable environmental protection of water and soil, and detection of harmful gases. The status and major challenges of using carbon-based nanomaterials on a large scale are explained, supported by relevant case studies.
Features:
- Exhaustively covers nanotechnology, metal oxide-carbon nanocomposites and their application in soil, water and air treatments
- Explores pollutants nano-sensing and their remediation towards environmental safety
- Includes economics analysis and environmental aspects of metal oxide materials
- Describes why properties of oxide-carbon based nanomaterials are useful for environmental applications
- Discusses current case studies of remediation technologies
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in nanotechnology, environmental technology, and remediation.
About the Author: Dr. Rayees Ahmad Zargar is working as an assistant professor at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri (J&K) in the Department of Physics. Dr Zargar received his Ph.D. on iron-based superconductors in the Physics Department from Jamia Millia Islamia in March 2016. Later, he joined the National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, as a postdoc researcher. He has wide expertise in the field of superconductors, manganites and optical properties of semiconductors. During the last years, he concentrated on DMS where he has used spintronics, sensors and optoelectronics devices. He is an author and co-author of more than 60 papers with good impact factors, has reviewed many papers, and has authored three books and six chapters. He is an editorial board member of international journals and regular referee of Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (JPCS), Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), Bentham Science and Physics C. He has received a good number of citations according to the web of science. He has participated in a number of national and international conferences, seminars and workshops.
Dr. Saleem Ahmad Yatoo is M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development. He has pursued his M.Phil. and Ph.D.in Environmental Science and Sustainable Development from Central University of Gujarat. He is working as a lecturer in the higher education department of Jammu and Kashmir. He has teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Moreover, he has published a good number of papers with international repute like Springer. He has received a good number of citations globally according to Web of Science, etc. He has participated in a number of national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, training programs, as well as outreach courses from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun India. Besides above, he has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) and Jammu and Kashmir State Eligibility Test (JKSET) of the national and state levels, respectively. His areas of expertise are Remote Sensing and GIS (RS & GIS), Land Surface Temperature (LST), land use/land cover change, climate change, ecology, biodiversity, environmental nanotechnology, water pollution analysis, wetland diversity, limnology etc.
