Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection

Preface ix
 
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi
 
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv
 
Part I Remediation with use of metals, metal oxides, complexes and composites 1
 
1 Groundwater Water Remediation by Static Diffusion Using Nano-Zero Valent Metals (Fe0, Cu0, Al0), n-FeHn+, n-Fe(OH)x, n-FeOOH, n-Fe-[OxHy](n+/.) 3
David D.J. Antia
 
2 Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Wastewater Disinfection 27
Erick R. Bandala, Marco Antonio Quiroz Alfaro, Mónica Cerro-López, and Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas
 
3 Cu2O-Based Nanocomposites for Environmental Protection: Relationship between Structure and Photocatalytic Activity, Application, and Mechanism 41
Liangbin Xiong, Huaqing Yu, Xin Ba, Wenpei Zhang, and Ying Yu
 
4 Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation 71
Suying Wei, Jiahua Zhu, Hongbo Gu, Huige Wei, Xingru Yan, Yudong Huang, and Zhanhu Guo
 
5 Nanomaterials for the Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Aqueous Solutions 85
Amro El Badawy and Hafiz H.M. Salih
 
6 Hybrid Metal Nanoparticle-Containing Polymer Nanofibers for Environmental Applications 95
Yunpeng Huang, Shige Wang, Mingwu Shen, and Xiangyang Shi
 
7 Nanomaterials on the Basis of Chelating Agents, Metal Complexes, and Organometallics for Environmental Purposes 109
Boris I. Kharisov, Oxana V. Kharissova, and Ubaldo Ortiz Méndez
 
Part II Remediation with use of carbon nanotubes 125
 
8 Carbon Nanotubes: Next-Generation Nanomaterials for Clean Water Technologies 127
Yit Thai Ong, Kian Fei Yee, Qian Wen Yeang, Sharif Hussein Sharif Zein, and Soon Huat Tan
 
Part III Photo catalytical remediation 143
 
9 New Advances in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis for Treatment of Toxic Metals and Arsenic 145
Marta I. Litter and Natalia Quici
 
10 Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Water Treatment 169
David G. Rickerby
 
11 Destruction of Chloroorganic Compounds with Nanophotocatalysts 183Rashid A.

Boris I. Kharisov, PhD, is Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL). He received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the Moscow State University, Russia, in 1993. He holds two patents, has co-authored six books, five book chapters, 127 articles, and co-edited three invited special issues of international journals, and is the member of the editorial board of four journals. His specialties include coordination and inorganic chemistry, phthalocyanines, ultrasound, and nanotechnology.
 
Oxana V. Kharissova, PhD, is Professor and Researcher at the UANL. She received her PhD in Materials from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. She has co-authored three books, 60 articles, and has two patents. Her specialties include nanotechnology (carbon nanotubes, nanometals, fullerenes), and crystallography. H.V. Rasika Dias, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington. He received his PhD from University of California, Davis. Specializing in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, he has co-authored several patents and over 160 publications. His accolades include the 2009 Southwest Regional American Chemical Society Award.