Nanotechnology for Environmental Management

Foreword

Preface

INTRODUCTORY

Nanotechnology for Environmental Management: An Introductory Overview

Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Barsha Roy and Mahendra Rai

SOIL/LAND REMEDIATION/RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

Nanotechnology in the Restoration of Polluted/Degraded Soil

Mohammad Faizan, S. Maqbool Ahmed, Priyadarshani Rajput, Vishnu D. Rajput, Sudhir S. Shende, Tatiana Minkina, Svetlana Sushkova, Saglara Mandzhieva, Shamsul Hayat, Anjuman Hussain and Fangyuan Yu

Nanoadsorbents as a Cutting-edge Tool for Removal of Metal(loid)s from the Environment

Pedda Ghouse Peera Sheikh Kulsum, Rubina Khanam and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Nano-Technological Interventions for the Sustainable Management of Industrial Solid and Liquid Waste

Oroos Arshi, Soumitra K. Gupta and Surajit Mondal

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT/REMEDIATION

Photodegradation of Environmental Contaminants by Nanomaterials

Amitava Mukherjee, Namrata Roy and Krishnan Kannabiran

Green Synthesized Bio-nanomaterials for Pollutant Remediation

Ebenezer Agyei Aboagye, Mikaele Lorrany Siqueira Santos, Pollyanna Vanessa dos Santos Lins, Lucas Meili, Dison Stracke Pfingsten Franco, Jordana Georgin and Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian

Nanomaterials for Purification and Desalination of Water

Koyel Biswas, Sushil Kumar Mandal and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Functionalization of 3D Graphene-based Materials for Removal of Impurities from Water

Malgorzata Skorupska, Anna Ilnicka and Jerzy P. Lukaszewicz

Biochar-based Nanocomposites: A Novel and Sustainable Solution to (Waste) Water Contamination

Abhishek Kumar, Wasim Akram Shaikh, Chandra Mukherjee and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Removal of Toxic Azo Dyes from Wastewater Using Multi-functional Biochar-based Nanocomposite

Wasim Akram Shaikh, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Abhishek Kumar, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Rafique Ul Islam and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Nanostructured Materials for Removal of Microplastics from Water

Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Santhana Kumar V, Basanta Kumar Das, Soma Das Sarkar and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Process Intensification of Fluoride-Containing Solution Using Nano-Adsorbent

Lopamudra Das, Papita Das, Avijit Bhowal and Chiranjib Bhattacharjee

AGRICULTURE

Nanomaterials for Controlled and Targeted Delivery of Agrochemicals for Cleaner Environment

Pramod U. Ingle, Sudhir S. Shende, Utkarsha Nimbalkar, Aniket K. Gade, Tatiana Minkina, Vishnu D. Rajput, Patrycja Golińska, Mahendra Rai and Jayanta Kumar Biswas

Nano-Enabled Sensors and Probes for Plant Pathogen Detection and Disease Control in Sustainable Agriculture

Avinash P. Ingle, Shreshtha Saxena, Ashwini Savalkar, Mangesh Moharil and Mahendra Rai

ENERGY AND CONSERVATION

Applications of Nanomaterials for Energy Generation and Storage

Akshita Singh and Vimal Chandra Srivastava

Passageway into a Clean World with the Magical Nanomaterial TiO2

Tanmay Dagar, Sudeshna Sarkar, Biswarup Pal Choudhury and Swati De

Application of Nanoparticles to Control Microbial Biodeterioration of Concrete

Anirban Chaudhuri, Subarna Bhattacharyya and Punarbasu Chaudhuri

TOXICITY AND RISK

Assessment of Nanoparticle-Plant Interactions: An Integrative Proteomic Approach

Ghazala Mustafa, Atikah Farooq, Doyel Roy, Ayan Adhikari and Zahed Hossain

Applications of Nanomaterials for Environment Management: Toxicity, Safety, and Regulations

Patrycja Golińska, Magdalena Wypij, Joanna Trzcińska-Wencel and Mahendra Rai

Index

Brief Biography

Biography

Professor (Dr.) Jayanta Kumar Biswas is a Professor & Ex-Head, Department of Ecological Studies and International Centre for Ecological Engineering, University of Kalyani, India. He received many awards and fellowships including Fellow, National Institute of Ecology (FNIE); Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FAScT); Fellow, National Environmentalists Association (FNEA); Fellow, Zoological Society of India (FZSI); Fellow, Zoological Society, Kolkata (FZS); Senior Scientist Award & Gold Medal (ZSI); Best Research Paper Award (AESA); Shrimati Saroma Sanyal Memorial Prize (IEI); Outstanding Reviewer Award (Chemosphere (Elsevier) & Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer); SRF (ICAR); National Merit Scholarship (MHRD, GoI), etc. He is credited with publishing 7 books, 35 book chapters and 165 original research papers in reputed international journals. He has editorial affiliations to: as Associate Editor: Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer); Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer); iScience (Cell Press/Elsevier); Ecotoxicology (Springer); Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer); as Advisory Board Member: Ambio (Springer); Heliyon (Cell Press/Elsevier); and as Editorial Board Member: Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier); Environmental Technology & Innovation (Elsevier); Current Pollution Reports (Springer); Review of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer); Sustainable Environment (T&F), Eco-Environment & Health (Elsevier).

Professor (Dr.) Mahendra Rai is presently a visiting Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Formerly he was Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Maharashtra State, India. He was a visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Debrecen University, Hungary; the University of Campinas, Brazil; VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, National University of Rosario, Argentina, and the University of Sao Paulo. He has published more than 425 research papers in national and international journals, with 85 h-index. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 70 books and 6 patents. His area of interest includes microbial nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology with special reference to nanoantimicrobials. Recently, he has been featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. As per research.com ranking, he has been ranked #15 in India among the best scientists for 2023 in biology and biochemistry.