Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

Das R 1 , Vecitis CD 2 , Schulze A 1 , Cao B 3 , Ismail AF 4 , Lu X 5 Show all authors , Chen J 5 , Ramakrishna S 6

Affiliations 

  • 1 Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany. raseldas@daad-alumni.de rasel.das@iom.leipzig.de
  • 2 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 3 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 4 Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
  • 5 CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China
  • 6 Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117584, Singapore. seeram@nus.edu.sg
Chem Soc Rev, 2017 Sep 29.
PMID: 28959815 DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00921b

Abstract

The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and fauna. Our vision is to undertake an exhaustive examination of current research trends with a focus on nanomaterials (NMs) to considerably improve the performance of classical wastewater treatment technologies, e.g. adsorption, catalysis, separation, and disinfection. Additionally, NM-based sensor technologies are considered, since they have been significantly used for monitoring water contaminants. We also suggest future directions to inform investigators of potentially disruptive NM technologies that have to be investigated in more detail. The fate and environmental transformations of NMs, which need to be addressed before large-scale implementation of NMs for water purification, are also highlighted.

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