CRC Press Green Materials and Environmental Chemistry: New Production Technologies, Unique Properties, and Applications

The world faces significant challenges as the population and consumption continue to grow while nonrenewable fossil fuels and other raw materials are depleted at ever-increasing rates. Moreover, environmental consciousness and a penchant for thinking in terms of material cycles have caught on with consumers: the use of environmentally compatible materials and production methods is desired. This volume, Green Materials and Environmental Chemistry: New Production Technologies, Unique Properties, and Applications takes a technical approach to address these issues using green design and analysis. This book provides an overview of the latest developments in environmental chemistry and sustainable materials written by experts in their respective research areas. This interdisciplinary volume offers research with the aim to minimize environmental impacts across all lifecycle phases in the design and engineering of products, processes, and systems as just one possible approach to addressing the larger issue of sustainability that includes environmental, economic, and social aspects. About the Author Abu Zahrim Yaser, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Programme at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Poonam Khullar, PhD, is Assistant Professor and has total teaching experience of more than twelve years and research experience of more than fourteen years. She is a recipient of many awards and honors, including awards for best teacher and best paper conferred by many prestigious societies of India, such as the Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of 165 books, as well as 1000 published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since 1983, he served as professor at several universities.