This is the first book to offer concise treatment of polymer-carbonaceous fill based composites in wastewater treatment. It details recent developments and novel methods for the synthesis of carbonaceous derivatives-based fillers for polymer composites, their characterization techniques, and applications for remediation of water contamination.
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is Associate Professor at Alliance University, Bangalore, India. He is a prolific editor and researcher who has published more than 30 edited books, 140 high-quality international research articles, and 65 book chapters. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including prestigious KMUTNB best researcher award 2019 and INSPIRE Faculty Award 2011.
Poushali Das is a postdoctoral researcher at School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. Previously, she worked as senior postdoctoral researcher at Bar-Ilan University, Israel for 2 years. She has completed Ph.D. degree in 2019 from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. She has more than 50 research publications in reputed international journals. She has been serving as topic editorial board member and reviewer of reputed journals and an international consultant. She has presented papers in many international conferences. She has received prestigious awards including DST INSPIRE Scholar Award, Government of India, Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Award by European Commission, Seal of excellence from European Commission.
Sayan Ganguly is a postdoctoral researcher at Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. He worked as senior postdoctoral researcher at Bar-Ilan University, Israel for more than two years. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, composite hydrogels, polymer-graphene nanocomposites, MXene-polymer systems, Polymer composites for EMI shielding, and conducting polymer composites. He has published more than 80 papers and chapters in international journals and books. He is currently editing books with Elsevier and CRC Press.
Murthy Chavali is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry & Nanotechnology and Dean (Research) at Alliance University, Bangalore, India and a consultant for Industrial NanoTech (R&D) & Higher Education Abroad. A former fellow of NSD-OEAD, NSF, JSPS, VBL, NSC etc also acts as a Visiting Professor/Researcher/Scientist/Fellow to 13 Universities/Research Institutes abroad. He has over 29 years of research experience, 26 years of teaching experience and 12 years of industrial experience. During this time he established 9 research laboratories (including 4 Centres of Excellence). Prof. Murthy is a recipient of several awards and travel grants. He has published extensively in international journals and completed over 38 sponsored research projects both at national and international levels. He made a team contribution towards 12 patents as well with help from international collaborators.
Nishar Hameed is Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He has published nearly 100 high-impact journal papers, 6 book chapters, 3 edited books and 2 patents.
