Environmental Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials-Based Devices

PART I. INTRODUCTION Impact of Environment on Life and Environmental Health Prospective of Nanotechnology in Environmental Science Materials-Based Approaches in Environmental Science PART II. FUNDAMENTALS OF FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOMATERIALS (CNMS) Functionalization of Carbon Materials: A Promising Approach Basic of Carbon Materials and Their Functionalization Impact of Black Carbon on Environment PART III. FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANO-MEMBRANES BASED DEVICES FOR ENVIRONMENT Functionalized Carbon Nanomembranes for Heavy Metal Removal from Water Progress in Carbon Hydrogels for Wastewater Purification: A Future Perspective PART IV. FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANO-MAGNETIC MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENT Carbon Nano-Magnetic Materials for Accessing Environmental Changes Magnetic Carbon Nanoparticles for Environmental Analysis PART V. FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANO LAB-ON-CHIP DEVICES FOR ENVIRONMENT Advances in Lab-on-Chip Approach for Device Fabrication Lab-on-Chip Approach for Gas Sensing Electrochemical Biosensor: A Promising Approach for Accessing the Environmental Contaminations Electrocatalytic Degradation of Wastewater and Generation of Energy PART VI. FUNCTIONALIZED BIO-CARBON NANOMATERIALS-BASED DEVICES FOR ENVIRONMENT Polymeric Bionanocomposites for Wastewater Treatment Functionalized Carbon Bionanomaterials for Environmental Remediation PART VII. TOXICITY, ECONOMY, LEGAL ASPECTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Bio-Based Technologies Geochemical Modelling and Speciation Studies of Metal Pollution in the Environment PART VIII. FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOMATERIALS (FCNMS) - A GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE VISION Sustainable Design and Future of Remediation A Green Approach for the Nanomaterials Functionalization Carbon Nanomaterials: A Promising Approach for Environmental Device Fabrication

Shadpour Mallakpour, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. His research is focused on the preparation and characterization of polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties under green conditions using ionic liquids and microwave irradiation as new technology and bringing these aspects towards nanotechnology for the preparation of novel chiral bionanocomposite polymers.
 
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials in the environment and analytical chemistry. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as prolific author and editor of several scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.