Nanomaterials Recycling (Micro & Nano Technologies) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Prof. Mahendra Rai is a UGC Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. He is currently a senior visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil.

His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, focusing on the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. His research is interdisciplinary, integrating microbial biotechnology with nanotechnology.

Professor Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. He has participated in multiple international collaborations and has held visiting positions at various institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), Debrecen University (Hungary), and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland).

Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.

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Nanomaterial recycling offers many benefits on both environmental and economic issues. Nanomaterials can be recycled from both new/pure products (from nano manufacturing) and used products (nano waste: waste from nano integrated products). In addition, the recycled current construction waste, plastics and textiles may contain nanomaterials These nano sources in the waste stream recycling process could be liquid (suspensions containing nanoparticles) or solid (solid matrices integrated with nanoparticles). To recover these nanowastes, various methods have been used for separation of nanoparticles, such as (i)centrifugation, (ii)solvent evaporation, (iii) magnetic separation, (iv) using pH/thermal responsive materials, (v) molecular antisolvents, or (vi) nanostructured colloidal solvents. To archive the efficient recycling, the effect of recycling process on the intrinsic recyclability properties of nanomaterials (thermal/ mechanical/ chemical/ magnetic/ optical properties) are required.

This book provides information on the recycling of nanomaterials. It focuses not only on the appropriate recycling strategies of nanowastes, but also on the nanowaste regulations (including the nanowaste disposal and recycling standards). In addition, the promising applications (reuses) of these recycled nanomaterials are also presented. It is an important reference source for materials scientists and engineers who are seeking to increase their undeerstandingi of nanomaterials recycling processes and techniques.