Nanoscale Materials in Water Purification

Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. He also serves as the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK) in Kerala, India. Formerly, he was the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. His ground-breaking research has covered the areas of polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites and nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received several national and international awards in recognition for his work and recently received Honoris Causa (DSc) from the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, in recognition for his contributions to polymer science and engineering. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1400 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index stands at 139, accompanied by a citation count of 43,000. Daniel Pasquini is an Associate Professor and Researcher at the Chemistry Institute of the Federal University of Uberlndia, Uberlndia-MG, Brazil. He has edited 7 books, and published more than 25 publications in indexed journals, 12 book chapters and more than 85 works in conferences. His research interests include: polymers from renewable sources, vegetal macromolecules; cellulosic fibers; composites; nanocellulose and nanocomposites. Shao-Yuan (Ben) Leu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. His research focuses on the treatment of waste water. Deepu A. Gopakumar works as Post-doctoral fellow at School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. His research focuses on nanocellulose-based polymer membranes for water treatment.

Introduction for nanomaterials :-state of art, new challenges and opportunities Sabu Thomas, Daniel Pasiquini, Shao-Yuan Leu and Deepu Ambika Gopakumar 1.Nanocellulose based membranes for water purification Deepu Ambika Gopakumar, Daniel Pasiquini, Sabu Thomas and Shao-Yuan Leu 2.Polymer /carbon Nanotubes Mixed Matrix membranes for water purification Mohammad Hossein Davood Abadi Farahani Vahid Vatanpour 3.Dendritic Polymer Enhanced Ultrafiltration Michael Arkas 4.Development of Mixed Matrix Membranes: Incorporation of Metallic Nanoparticles in Polymeric membranes Jorge Garcia-Ivars 5.Water Treatment by Molecularly Imprinted Materials Costas Kiparissides 6.ElectrospunNanofibrous Filtration Membranes Irene Bonadies 7.Electrospinning: A versatile fabrication technique for nanofibrous membranes for use in desalination Shiao-Shing Chen 8.Electrospun Nanofibrous Filtration Membranes for Heavy metals and dyes removal Pratima Solanki 9.Electrospinning: A fiber fabrication technique for water purification Maria Wasim, Aneela Sabir and Tahir Jamil 10.Carbon Nanotubes Based Membranes for water purification Jieun Lee 11.Carbon Nanotubes for Advancing Separation Membranes Xuan Zhang 12.Carbon Nanotube and Grapheme oxide Based Membranes Aneela Sabir and Tahir Jamil 13.Graphene-based materials for water purification Alireza Khataee 14.Iron oxide nanomaterials for water purification Andrews Grace 15.Iron oxide nanomaterials for the removal of heavy metals and dyes from waste water Mubarak Mujawar 16.Magnetic metal/metal oxide nanoparticles and their nanocomposites material for the removal of the water pollutants Manash Ranjan Das Sr. 17.Surface modifiications of Magnetic nanoparticles for water purification Lus Carlos de Morais 18.Magnetic nanoparticles for water purification Konstantinos Simeonidis 19.Noble metal nanoparticles for water purification Ewa Kowalska 20.Semiconductor Photocatalysis for water purification Carolina Belver 21.Recent advances in Photocatalytic Detoxification of water Suresh Pillai 22.Semiconductor photocatalysis for water purification Youji Li Sr. 23.Nanoscale Materials for Arsenic Removal from Water Abhijit Maiti 24.Challenges and opportunities of Graphene-based materials in current desalination and water purification technologies Shadi W. Hasan