Green Processes for Nanotechnology: From Inorganic to Bioinspired Nanomaterials

by Vladimir A. Basiuk (Editor), Elena V. Basiuk (Editor)

Overview

This book provides the state-of-the-art survey of green techniques in preparation of different classes of nanomaterials, with an emphasis on the use of renewable sources. Key topics covered include fabrication of nanomaterials using green techniques as well as their properties and applications, the use of renewable sources to obtain nanomaterials of different classes, from simple metal and metal oxide nanoparticles to complex bioinspired nanomaterials, economic contributions of nanotechnology to green and sustainable growth, and more. This is an ideal book for students, lecturers, researchers and engineers dealing with versatile (mainly chemical, biological, and medical) aspects of nanotechnology, including fabrication of nanomaterials using green techniques and their properties and applications.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319154602
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/26/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Sustainable and Very Low Temperature Wet-Chemistry Routes for the Synthesis of Crystalline Inorganic Nanostructures.- Green Techniques for Biomedical Metallic Materials with Nanotechnology.- Recent Development of Metal Nanoparticles Catalysts for Efficient Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Levulinic Acid.- Green Synthesis of Metallic and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Activities.- Green Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications of Nanomaterials and their Biomass Nanocomposites.- Solvent-Free Functionalization of Carbon Nanomaterials.- Green Chemical and Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Biomedical Applications.- Nanoparticle Synthesis by Biogenic Approach.- Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles by Plants: Current Trends and Challenges.- Biomimetic Soft Polymer Nanomaterials for Efficient Chemical Processes.- Nanoarchitectonics Prepared by MAPLE for Biomedical Applications.- Safer Nanoformulation for the Next Decade.- Time-Domain Ab Initio Modeling of Charge and Exciton Dynamics in Nanomaterials.- Life Cycle Assessment of Nanomaterials.- The Economic Contributions of Nanotechnology to Green and Sustainable Growth.