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- English
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Nanobiotechnology for Green Environment
About This Book
The book examines environmental issues and their solutions with advancements in biotechnology and nanotechnology. This book will focus on environmental friendly waste management, wastewater treatment, and utilization of wastes for energy. As humanity is struggling for clean air, water and even contaminant free food, our society must ponder the condition of environment. This book covers a variety of environmental issues and how they could be solved through innovations in science, engineering and technology. The authors examine the use of biotechnological methods to remediate wastewater, toxic organic compounds and sludge management problems. The topics include different research disciplines such as water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management and utilization of wastes for energy. This book will be useful for researchers, students, scientists and academicians who are working in multidisciplinary areas like microbiology, biotechnology, nanotechnology to address environmental issues such as water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management and energy resources. Nanobiotechnology for Green Environment covers a variety of environmental issues and how they could be solved through innovations in science, engineering and technology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Editors
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Global Environmental Issues and the Role of Nanobiotechnology for the Sustainable Environment
- Chapter 2: Municipal Solid Waste Management: Recent Practices
- Chapter 3: Recent Advances in the Structural Modifications of Nanoparticles to Enhance Photocatalytic Activity
- Chapter 4: Microbiological Degradation of Organic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater
- Chapter 5: Lignocellulosic Biomass Wastes to Bioenergy: Role of Microbial Enzymes for Second Generation Biofuels
- Chapter 6: Microbiological Removal of Heavy Metals from the Environment: An Eco-Friendly Approach
- Chapter 7: Recent Trends in Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants using TiO2 Nanomaterials
- Chapter 8: Recent Advancement in Phytoremediation for Removal of Toxic Compounds
- Chapter 9: Utilization of Nanoparticle-Loaded Adsorbable Materials for Leachate Treatment
- Chapter 10: Application of Fe-TiO2 Nanoparticle Composite Encompassing the Dual Effect
- Index