Environmental Applications Of Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Sorbents And Sensors

by Guozhong Cao, Glen E Fryxell

Overview

This volume is concerned with functional nanomaterials: materials containing specific, predictable nanostructure whose chemical composition or interfacial structure enable them to perform a specific job — destroy, sequester or detect some material that constitutes an environmental threat. Nanomaterials have a number of features that make them ideally suited for this job: high surface area, high reactivity, easy dispersability, and rapid diffusion. The purpose of this book is to showcase how these features can be tailored to address some of the environmental remediation and sensing/detection problems faced today. The leading researchers contributing to this volume paint a picture of diverse synthetic strategies, structures, materials and methods. The book is organized into sections on nanoparticle-based remediation strategies, nanostructured inorganic materials (such as layered materials like the apatites), nanostructured organic/inorganic hybrid materials, and the use of nanomaterials to enhance the performance of sensors. The chemistries captured by the contributors form a rich and colorful tapestry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860946639
Publisher:	Imperial College Press
Publication date:	05/03/2007
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Nanoparticle Based Approaches     1
Nanoparticle Metal Oxides for Chlorocarbon and Organophosphonate Remediation   Olga B. Koper   Shyamala Rajagopalan   Slawomir Winecki   Kenneth J. Klabunde     3
Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) for Site Remediation   Daniel W. Elliott   Hsing-Lung Lien   Wei-xian Zhang     25
Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles   D. R. Baer   P. G. Tratnyek   Y. Qiang   J. E. Amonette   J. Linehan   V. Sarathy   J. T. Nurmi   C.-M. Wang   J. Antony     49
Nanostructured Inorganic Materials     87
Formation of Nanosize Apatite Crystals in Sediment for Containment and Stabilization of Contaminants   Robert C. Moore   Jim Szecsody   Michael J. Truex   Katheryn B. Helean   Ranko Bontchev   Calvin Ainsworth     89
Functionalized Nanoporous Sorbents for Adsorption of Radioiodine from Groundwater and Waste Glass Leachates   S. V. Mattigod   G. E. Fryxell   K. E. Parker     111
Nanoporous Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials     123
Nature's Nanoparticles: Group 4 Phosphonates   Abraham Clearfield     125
Synthesis of Nanostructured Hybrid Sorbent Materials Using Organosilane Self-Assembly on Mesoporous Ceramic Oxides   Glen E. Fryxell     159
Chemically-Modified Mesoporous Silicas and Organosilicas for Adsorption and Detection of Heavy Metal Ions   Oksana Olkhovyk   Mietek Jaroniec     179
Hierarchically Imprinted Adsorbents   Hyunjung Kim   Chengdu Liang   Sheng Dai     213
Functionalization of Periodic Mesoporous Silica and Its Application to the Adsorption of Toxic Anions   Hideaki Yoshitake     241
A Thiol-Functionalized Nanoporous Silica Sorbent for Removal of Mercury from Actual Industrial Waste   S. V. Mattigod   G. E. Fryxell   K. E. Parker     275
Amine Functionalized Nanoporous Materials for Carbon Dioxide (CO[subscript 2]) Capture   Feng Zheng   R. Shane Addleman   Christopher L. Aardahl   Glen E. Fryxell   Daryl R. Brown   Thomas S. Zemanian     285
Nanomaterials that Enhance Sensing/Detection of Environmental Contaminants     313
Nanostructured ZnO Gas Sensors   Huamei Shang   Guozhong Cao     315
Synthesis and Properties of Mesoporous-Based Materials for Environmental Applications   Jianlin Shi   Hangrong Chen   Zile Hua   Lingxia Zhang     351
Electrochemical Sensors Based on Nanomaterials for Environmental Monitoring   Wassana Yantasee   Yuehe Lin   Glen E. Fryxell     401
Nanomaterial Based Environmental Sensors   Dosi Dosev   Mikaela Nichkova   Ian M. Kennedy     439
Index     499