Sustainable Nanoremediation: Modern Technologies for a Clean Environment

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The use of nanomaterials for remediation efforts has been overlooked even though they present interesting characteristics as remediators. This new book provides a valuable overview of low-cost and eco-friendly green synthesized nanomaterials as advantageous technology that promotes efficient nanoremediation of environmental pollution for the restoration of polluted areas. It discusses the potential of nanomaterials, specifically green synthesized nanomaterials, as a practical and efficient solution toward sustainability. The book details the advantages of green nanomaterials when compared to conventional physicochemical methods, such as avoiding the use of harmful reagents and reducing toxic waste production. The book addresses themes such as contaminants associated with environmental pollution and the threats to humans; nanoremediation strategies that use microbes, plants, or amendments; and nanoparticles as tools for nanoremediation and their advantageous characteristics.

About the author

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil. She specializes in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying applications of nanomaterials such as delivery and remediation as well as green synthesis protocols and allelopathic potential of secondary metabolites from plants. She has published books and authored many scientific articles and book chapters and has presented at many national and international conferences. Dr. Tonelli is active in advocacy groups that support gender equality in science. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards, including “For Women in Science Brazil” (awarded by L’Oréal Brasil, UNESCO-Brazil, and Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and “Under 30 Brazil” (Forbes), among others.

Arpita Roy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at the School of Engineering and Technology at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Her specialization is in plant biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and microbiology. She has edited two books and authored more than 25 scientific articles and 18 book chapters from international publishers. She has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. She received a commendable research award for excellence in research during the years 2019 and 2020. She has served as an editorial board member and reviewer for several reputed international journals.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he is also Head (Plant Biotechnology Research Unit) at the Princess Dr. Najlaa Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotech. With more than 14 years of teaching and research experience in plant ecophysiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plantmicrobe- soil interactions as well as in environmental studies, he was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, London. To date, he has authored and edited more than 80 books with international publishers as well as 170 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 70 book chapters.

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