Combines green chemistry, sustainability, and nanotechnology, in order to create approaches for green nanotechnology.
Stems from an American Chemical Society Symposium on green nanotechnology.
This book makes a serious effort at bringing forth and synergistically combining the concepts of green chemistry,
sustainability and nanotechnology and should motivate scientistsat all levels to think clearly and seriously about creating and optimizing novel and sustainable green approaches to nanotechnology. The chapters in this book can be divided into three broad categories: 1) Advancement in research on pollution control through the green chemistry principles of nanotechnology; 2) Emergence of nanomaterials in widespread applications in various scientific fields, including but not limited to sensors and catalysts; 3) Extension of research into nanotechnology and green nanotechnology at a rapid pace. Review articles on the individual aspects of these diverse and complementary topics have become important resources for researchers, industry leaders, and regulators, both nationally and internationally. This book contains a few chapters associated with these particular themes, and provides glimpses of the many difficulties and challenges faced by those who seek to not only understand but also regulate the new nanomaterials. Nanotechnology represents a unique field of science, and necessitates new and novel sustainable approaches to create usable end products for the market place with the primary goal of yielding less adverse effects upon both human health and the environment.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Ten Years of Green Nanotechnology
Barbara Karn and Stanislaus S. Wong
2. Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Environmental Aspects
J. Virkutyte and R. S. Varma
3. Greener and Other Approaches To Synthesize Fe and Pd Nanoparticles in
Functionalized Membranes and Hydrogel
V. Smuleac, L. Xiao, and D. Bhattacharyya
4. Nanostructured Materials for Environmentally Conscious Applications
Panagiotis Dallas, Antonios Kelarakis, and Emmanuel P. Giannelis
5. Nanomaterials in Agricultural Production: Benefits and Possible Threats?
Jie Hong, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, and Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
6. Nanotechnology for More Sustainable Manufacturing: Opportunities and
Risks
David G. Rickerby
7. Biological Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Assessment of Their
Bactericidal Activity
M. Sathishkumar, A. Mahadevan, S. Pavagadhi, R. Kaushik, V. K. Sharma, and
R. Balasubramanian
8. Reactive Peptide Nanofiltration
P. Marchetti, A. Butté, and A. G. Livingston
9. HCl Effect on Two Types of Ag Nanoparticles Utilizable in Detection of
Low Concentrations of Organic Species
Karolina Siskova, Ondrej Becicka, Klara Safarova, and Radek Zboril
10. Stability and Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Aquatic Environment: A
Review
Virender K. Sharma
11. Toxic PH3 Catalytic Decomposition and High Purity Phosphorus
Production by Amorphous Co-Based Alloy Nanomaterials
Xue-jiao Tang, Zong-ming Xiu, Chang-xiu Han, and Bao-gui Zhang
12. Chapter Green Nanotechnology: Development of Nanomaterials for
Environmental and Energy Applications
Changseok Han, Joel Andersen, Suresh C. Pillai, Rachel Fagan, Polycarpos Falaras,
J. Anthony Byrne, Patrick S. M. Dunlop, Hyeok Choi, Wenjun Jiang, Kevin O>’Shea,
and Dionysios D. Dionysiou
13. Dye-Sensitized Photocatalyst: A Breakthrough in Green Energy and
Environmental Detoxification
Pankaj Chowdhury, Hassan Gomaa, and Ajay K. Ray
14. Hierarchical Hybrid K-OMS-2/TiO2 Nanofibrous Membrane for Water
Treatment
Tong Zhang and Darren Delai Sun
15. Visible-Light-Induced Activity of AgI-BiOI Composites for Removal of
Organic Contaminants from Water and Wastewater
Chun He, Qiong Zhang, Jingling Yang, Zuocheng Xu, Dong Shu, Chun Shan,
Linfei Zhu, Weicheng Liao, and Ya Xiong
16. Magnetically Recyclable Gold?Magnetite Nanocatalysts for Reduction of
Nitrophenols
Fang-hsin Lin and Ruey-an Doong
17. Stabilization of Fe0 Nanoparticles with Silica for Enhanced Transport and
Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater
Yongchao Li, Zongming Xiu, Tielong Li, and Zhaohui Jin
18. Synthesis, Characterization, and Cyanide Photodegradation Over Cupric
Oxide-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
Abdulaziz Bagabas, Mohamed F. A. Aboud, Reda M. Mohamed, Zeid AL-Othman,
Ahmad S. Alshammari, and Emad S. Addurihem
19. Scientific and Regulatory Issues in Exposure Assessment of Conventional
Metals vs Nanosized
Najm Shamim and Siroos Mostaghimi
Editors’ Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index