Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation

Dear Colleagues,

Water is a vitally important compound for human life. About 60% of the human body is water. Without water, animal, plant and human cannot survive. The quantity of drinkable water is extremely limited. The proportional increase in industrial, agricultural and domestic activities arising from the growing human population has led to elevated levels of hazardous chemicals such as synthetic dyes, phenols, pesticides, heavy metals and pharmaceutical residues, in the environment over the years. Such pollutants have been reported to cause toxicosis accumulation and carcinogenic effects on human beings. Different strategies have been developed for water remediation to make it clean and reusable, and to meet the increasing demands of fresh water.

The development of nanotechnology provides a promising alternative to enhance the treatment efficiency. Nanomaterials (NMs) have unique physical and chemical properties such as large surface area, surface activity and specific affinity. Therefore, NMs have attracted significant interest for the detection and removal of inorganic and organic pollutants from water. As a result, the advance development of nanotechnology and NMs offer advancing opportunities for water treatment and environmental sustainability.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on the applications of nano-based materials for the environmental remediation.

Assoc. Prof. Mu Naushad
Dr. Rajendran Saravanan
Assoc. Prof. Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb
Guest Editors

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