New Technologies to Decontaminate Pollutants in Water 2.0
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 8230
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Dear Colleagues,
Industrialization is global and the impact on the environment must be monitored and minimized. Water is the most abundant substance on the Earth’s surface and one of the most influenced by contamination. Some of the most common pollutants, like pesticides or dyes, have an ionic character and, for this reason, are easily soluble in water sources. The same is true of heavy metal ions and many others. The contribution of the scientific community to the development of easy technologies to decontaminate water is fundamental because every year tons of contaminants are introduced in our lakes, rivers, seas and oceans.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “New Technologies to Decontaminate Pollutants in Water” with the aim to highlight advances in the field and create an important collection of recent discoveries about environmental chemistry.
This Special Issue is dedicated to original research articles and reviews that focus on the removal of single or multiple harmful pollutants from water. The new technologies employed may include bur are not limited to organic materials of synthetic or natural origins, like polymers, composites, renewable sources or waste. The mechanism of removal may be chemical or physical and the target pollutants can be organic or inorganic. Contaminated samples can include distilled water, freshwater or seawater. Identification and quantification of the target pollutants are recommended.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of potential research areas:
- chemical processes to decontaminate water samples;
- physical processes to decontaminate water samples;
- synthesis or employment of organic materials and their applications for pollutant removal;
- development or employment of composite materials and their applications for pollutant removal;
- production or employment of materials derived from renewable sources for pollutant removal;
- turning waste into sustainable bio-absorbent or bio-adsorbent for pollutants removal.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Fabrizio Olivito
Dr. Pravin Jagdale
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic pollutants
- inorganic pollutants
- decontamination environmental chemistry organic materials
- sustainable materials
- absorption
- adsorption identification quantification
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