Main description:

This book presents comprehensive chapters on the latest research and applications in wastewater treatment using green technologies. Topics include mesoporous materials, TiO2 nanocomposites and magnetic nanoparticles, the role of catalysts, treatment methods such as photo-Fenton, photocatalysis, electrochemistry and adsorption, and anti-bacterial solutions. This book will be useful for chemical engineers, environmental scientists, analytical chemists, materials scientists and researchers.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Visible-Light-responsive Nanostructured Materials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water

Hugues Kamdem Paumo, Raghunath Das, Madhumita Bhaumik and Arjun Maity

Chapter 2. Surface Modification of Highly Magnetic Nanoparticles for Water Treatment to Remove Radioactive Toxins

Arun Thirumurugan, Ali Akbari-Fakhrabadi and R. Justin Joseyphus

Chapter 3. FeS2 Pyrite Nanostructures: An Efficient Performer in Photocatalysis

Gurpreet Kaur, Manjot Kaur, Anup Thakur and Akshay Kumar

Chapter 4. Green Synthesized Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Photo Catalysis in Combating Bacterial Infection

Prajita Paul, Yashmin Pattnaik, Pritam Kumar Panda, Ealisha Jha, Suresh K Verma and Mrutyunjay Suar

Chapter 5. Progression in Fenton Process for the Waste Water Treatment

S. Kaviya

Chapter 6. Electrochemical Aspects for Wastewater Treatment

A Dennyson Savariraj, R.V.Mangalaraja, K.Prabakar and C.Viswanathan

Chapter 7. TiO2 Based Nanocomposites for Photodegradation of Organic Dyes

Eswaran Prabakaran, Shepherd Sambaza and Kriveshini Pillay

Chapter 8. Light Activated Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Studies

Krishnapriya M Varier, Wuling Liu, Yanmei Li, Arulvasu Chinnasamy and Babu Gajendran

Chapter 9. Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

T.Vasantha and N.V.V.Jyothi

Chapter 10. Mesoporous Materials for Degradation of Textile Dyes

Diana V. Wellia, Yuly Kusumawati, Lina J. Diguna, Nurul Pratiwi, Reza A. Putri, and Muhamad I. Amal