Nanotechnologies for Environmental Remediation Applications and Impl
In this book discussing the principles of green chemistry and green engineering an international team of investigators present significant recent developments in applying nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology to the area of environmental remedi
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otechnologies for Environmental Remediation Applications and Implications
Nanotechnologies for Environmental Remediation
Giusy Lofrano Giovanni Libralato Jeanette Brown •
Editors
Nanotechnologies for Environmental Remediation Applications and Implications
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Editors Giusy Lofrano Department of Chemistry and Biology University of Salerno Fisciano, Salerno Italy
Jeanette Brown Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Manhattan College Bronx, NY USA
Giovanni Libralato Department of Biology University of Naples Federico II Naples Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-53161-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53162-5
ISBN 978-3-319-53162-5
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Foreword
Nanotechnology, the science of a few billionths of a meter, is today one of the fastest growing fields in engineering, being considered the emblem of the twenty-first century innovation. In particular, the feverish development of engineered nanoscale materials (NMs) represents a technological revolution for the development of innovative material and new productive sectors at the service of citizens. Because of their high surface area per unit mass and due to a high reactivity NMs that exhibit properties different from those exhibited on macroscale leading to extraordinary properties that enable unique applications. In this context, there is a strong belief that nanotechnology could provide solutions also to a number of environmental challenges including the use of nanosized reactive products to degrade or immobilize contaminants (environmental nanoremediation) by react
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