Elsevier Sustainable Nanoscale Engineering: From Materials Design to Chemical Processing

Sustainable Nanoscale Engineering: From Materials Design to Chemical Processing presents the latest on the design of nanoscale materials and their applications in sustainable chemical production processes. The newest achievements of materials science, in particular nanomaterials, opened new opportunities for chemical engineers to design more efficient, safe, compact and environmentally benign processes. These materials include metal-organic frameworks, graphene, membranes, imprinted polymers, polymers of intrinsic microporosity, nanoparticles, and nanofilms, to name a few. Topics discussed include gas separation, CO 2 sequestration, continuous processes, waste valorization, catalytic processes, bioengineering, pharmaceutical manufacturing, supercritical CO 2 technology, sustainable energy, molecular imprinting, graphene, nature inspired chemical engineering, desalination, and more. Review Presents the latest on the long and winding road from the design of nanoscale materials to sustainable chemical production processes About the Author Gyorgy Szekely received his MEng degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, and he earned his PhD degree in Chemistry under Marie Curie Actions from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. He worked as an Early Stage Researcher in the pharmaceutical research and development centre of Hovione PharmaScience Ltd in Portugal and as an IAESTE fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He was a visiting researcher at Biotage MIP Technologies AB in Sweden. Gyorgy was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Imperial College London, UK and now he is a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester, UK. Gyorgy is an Adjunct Faculty at Saveetha University, and recipient of the Distinguished Visiting Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. His multidisciplinary professional background covers membrane separations, catalysis, molecular imprinting, process development and sustainable engineering. Gyorgy has won several teaching and scientific prizes including the IAAM Scientist Medal by the International Association of Advanced Materials. He is a board member of the Marie Curie Fellows Association, and he is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Gyorgy serves as an Academic Editor for the journals Advances in Polymer Technology, Advanced Materials Letters, and Current Nanomaterials. Gyorgy has been designing novel materials and processes for sustainable molecular level separations, which resulted in numerous research and review articles, keynote lectures, industrial collaborations, consultancy works, and patents. Andrew Livingston studied Chemical Engineering in New Zealand. Following graduation, he worked for 3 years at an NZ food processing company doing general chemical engineering. In 1986, he started his PhD at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Upon finishing his PhD in 1990, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College. At Imperial, he has carried out research into membrane separations, biotransformations, chemical, and separations technology. He leads a research group of 20 PhD students and PostDocs, with current research interests in membranes and processes for molecular separations. Andrew was made full Professor in 1999, has published over 300 papers, and been granted 15 patents in chemical technology. His awards include Junior Moulton Medal, Cremer and Warner and Underwood Medal of IChemE, and the Silver Medal of Royal Academy of Engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2006, and served as Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College from 2008-2016. In 1993, Andrew graduated with an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) following part-time study. In 1996, he founded Membrane Extraction Technology, a spin-out company, which evolved to manufacture solvent stable nanofil