Springer Nanomaterials for Healthcare, Energy and Environment: 118 (Advanced Structured Materials, 118)

This book highlights the various types of nanomaterials currently available and their applications in three major sectors: energy, health, and the environment. It addresses a range of aspects based on the fact that these materials’ structure can be tailored at extremely small scales to achieve specific properties, thus greatly expanding the materials science toolkit.   Further, the book pursues a holistic approach to nanomaterial applications by taking into consideration the various stakeholders who use them. It explores several applications that could potentially be used to improve the environment and to more efficiently and cost-effectively produce energy, e.g. by reducing pollutant production during the manufacture of materials, producing solar cells that generate electricity at a competitive cost, cleaning up organic chemicals that pollute groundwater, removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air, and so on. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad readership, including professionals, students, and researchers from materials science/engineering, polymer science, composite technology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology whose work involves nanomaterials and nanocomposites. From the Back Cover This book highlights the various types of nanomaterials currently available and their applications in three major sectors: energy, health, and the environment. It addresses a range of aspects based on the fact that these materials’ structure can be tailored at extremely small scales to achieve specific properties, thus greatly expanding the materials science toolkit.   Further, the book pursues a holistic approach to nanomaterial applications by taking into consideration the various stakeholders who use them. It explores several applications that could potentially be used to improve the environment and to more efficiently and cost-effectively produce energy, e.g. by reducing pollutant production during the manufacture of materials, producing solar cells that generate electricity at a competitive cost, cleaning up organic chemicals that pollute groundwater, removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air, and so on. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for a broad readership, including professionals, students, and researchers from materials science/engineering, polymer science, composite technology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology whose work involves nanomaterials and nanocomposites. About the Author Dr. Aamir Hussain Bhat is currently a visiting faculty at Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He was born on 4th June 1980 in Baramulla, India. He received his highest degree of Doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, which ranks among the prestigious institutes of India. He has four years’ Postdoctoral experience at Universiti Sains Malaysia and around 5 years of teaching experience in the capacity of Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. Dr. Aamir was awarded Prime Minsterial Postdoctoral fellowship by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for his excellence in the field of research. His research interests include Polymer Bio- Nano-composites and techniques to characterize them, Nanofluids for Oil well drilling applications, isolation and application of nanocellulosic materials, nanomaterial synthesis using Top-Down and Bottom-up approach Nanocoating using geopolymers and Waste Water Treatment using Bio-sorbent based die removal and Micro Algae for heavy metal adsorption. He has been Principal Investigator of many government funded projects  The prominent among them are Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) entitled “New Malaysian Green Nano fluid for drilling at high temperature and pressure”, YUTP grant on “Biopolymer blend of Poly (lactic acid) and Poly (hydroxybutyrate co- valerate) based nano bio-composites reinforced with nanocrysta