Nanomaterials Applications for Environmental Matrices

Ronaldo Ferreira do Nascimento is a full Professor of Chemistry at the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. His research is in the field of Analytical Chemistry, with emphasis on the Development of Separation Methods (gas chromatography and liquid), Environmental Chemistry (analysis of traces) and Adsorption (aqueous effluents treatment using natural adsorbents). Odair Pastor Ferreira is Adjunct Professor of the Physics Department of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. He has also worked in the private sector as a researcher and research and development coordinator. He has five patents deposited, of which two were licensed, resulting in nanotechnology-based products launched to the market. His research interests include lamellar compounds for environmental remediation and catalysis, and the development of new materials for environmental remediation. Amauri Jardim de Paula is Adjunct Professor of the Physics Department of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. He coordinates the Solid-BiologicalInterface Group. He has two patents and has written numerous articles and book chapters. Vicente de Oliveira Sousa Neto is Professor of Chemistry at the State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. He has experience in the area of environmental chemistry, with emphasis on bioadsorption (treatment of effluent using modified and low-cost bioadsorbents), and chemistry of materials with focus on the development of thin films for photovoltaic cells.

• 1. Introduction2. Nanomaterials properties of environmental interest3. Sensing and detection of environmental contaminants4. Microbes decontamination from water5. Photovoltaic, Photoelectronic, and Electrochemical Devices Based on Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanostructures for water treatment6. Desalination7. Biotransformation of nanomaterials in the soil environment: nanoecotoxicology and nanosafety implications8. Nanofertilezers and residues treatment9. Nanotechnology: Let land not be parched10. Treatment of pesticides pollutants-based on renewable raw materials11. Impact of Nanotechnology on Food12. Groundwater remediation using nanomaterials13. Adsorption of pesticides volatile organic pollutants with nanoparticles 14. Nanomaterials in pollution trace detection15. Photocatalysis and photodegradation of pollutants