Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials: Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 130
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental applications of nanomaterials; climate change and microplastics; bioenergy; ecology; water resources; water and wastewater treatment and reuse; environmental nanotechnology; environmental hydrology; physical/chemical environmental engineering processes; innovative processes for water/wastewater treatment; membrane technologies for water reuse; fate and transport of contaminants in the environment; advanced treatment technologies for emerging environmental contaminants; aquatic chemistry; water quality, and hazardous/industrial wastes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
There have been unresolved issues with recalcitrant contaminants, particularly emerging contaminants of concern detected even in the treated effluent of wastewater. Recently evolving xenobiotic micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) have been linked to climate change, leading to detrimental effects in the aquatic environment. Such issues lie in, among other examples, the limitation of existing treatment methods, detecting trace levels of contaminants, accumulation of residual contaminants, monitoring, and proper management in a sustainable way. Yet little information is publicly available concerning proper treatment, particularly sustainable approaches with versatile nanomaterials. The applications of versatile nanomaterials and their modified forms have brought a number of challenges in terms of safe disposal of byproducts and their utilization in a sustainable way, longevity of the nanomaterials, and treatment efficacy. This Special Issue of Nanomaterials offers a forum to discuss such challenges and to develop possible solutions. Types of articles to consider include research, review, and perspectives within the following topics of interest:
- Nanomaterial-based treatment of emerging contaminants;
- Disposal and management of nanomaterial byproducts;
- Toxicity assessment of treated effluent by nanomaterials;
- Degradation mechanisms of emerging contaminants by nanomaterials;
- Characterization of novel nanomaterials applied to degrade contaminants;
- Sustainable approaches utilizing spent-nanomaterials.
Dr. Sung Hee Joo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- emerging contaminants
- nanohybrids
- sustainable disposal
- xenobiotic plastics
- climate change
