Nanomaterials for Air and Water Purification

Deepu A. Gopakumar, PhD, is an academic researcher currently working as a prestigious Chief Ministers Nava Kerala Post-Doctoral fellow at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. His research of interest focuses on the varying technological applications of nanocellulose and its polymer composites. He has an h-index of 25 and co-authored more than 42 high quality international publications resulted in more than 2500 citations to his credit.Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science, Alliance University, Bengaluru. He has published more than 160 papers in high-quality international peer-reviewed journals on polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, and biopolymers, published 100 book chapters, and has edited 40 books. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including the prestigious KMUTNB Best Researcher Award 2019, Alliance University Best Researcher Award 2023, Kerala State Award for the Best Young Scientist 2016, and INSPIRE Faculty Award 2011.Jinu Jacob George, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has co-authored over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles.Midhun Dominic C.D., PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara Kochi. His research interests include the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials.

• Preface xv1 New-Age Nano Adsorbents for Water Purification 1Subhadeep Biswas, Abhishek Johri, and Anjali Pal2 Nanomaterials: Prospects for Water Purification and Relevance of Biosensing in Drinking Water 27Seemesh Bhaskar and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy3 Nanomaterials for Air and Water Purification 55Lívia Elisabeth Vasconcellos de Siqueira Brandão Vaz4 Green Nanotechnology for Water Purification 77Mahmoud A. Abdulhamid, Nawader Alqadhi, Claudia Osornio, and Gyorgy Szekely5 Electrospun Nanofiber Membranes for Effective Air Filtration 115Narendra Reddy and Kavya S. Bhushan6 Nanocatalysts and Redox Nanoparticles for Water Purification 145Kannappan Lakshmi, Arunasalam Sridhar, and Rajmohan Rangasamy7 Nanomaterials and Water Purification: Opportunities for Improving and Protecting Water 165Natalia Scheverin, Aura B. Patiño, Mariel Díaz, and Maria Fernanda Horst8 The Use of Sol–Gel Technology to Produce Nanomaterials for AirandWaterPurification 197Andrei Rex and João Henrique Zimnoch dos Santos9 Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-based Sustainable Photocatalysts for Purification of Antibiotic Containing Wastewater 217Dhruti S. Pattanayak, Chandrakant Thakur, Dhananjay Singh, and Dharm Pal10 Development of Noble Metal Supported Nanoparticles for Water Treatment 237Hamyal Izhar, Fatima Izhar, Shoomaila Latif, Muhammad Imran, and Nazim Hussain11 Immobilized Enzyme Systems for Wastewater Treatment 257Ambreen Aisha, Muhammad J. Iqbal, Razia Noreen, Naila Mukhtar, Asim Hussain, and Asim Rehman12 Bioactive Nanoparticles for Water Purification 275Madhushree Hegde, Akshatha Chandrashekar, Jineesh A. Gopi, Niranjana Prabhu, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Jinu Jacob George, Midhun Dominic C.D., and Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai13 Cellulose Nanofibers-Based Porous Materials, a Green Platform to Construct Advanced Sorbents for Oil/Spill Cleanup 305Aiswarya Poulose, Ajith Mathew, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Daniel Pasquini, A. Mathiazhagan, and Jinu Jacob George14 Novel Carbon-Based Nanomaterials (CNMs) for Air Purification 329Neelakandan M. Santhosh15 Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Modified Polymeric Composite Membranes for Water Treatment 347Akshatha Chandrashekar, Madhushree Hegde, Jineesh A. Gopi, Niranjana Prabhu, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Jinu Jacob George, Midhun Dominic C.D., and Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai16 Nanocellulose-Based Ultralight Porous Material for Various Environmental Applications 373Ajith Mathew, Aiswarya Poulose, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Daniel Pasquini, Yves Grohens, and Jinu Jacob GeorgeReferences 391Index 399