Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Adsorbents for Water Purification

Professor Suprakas Sinha Ray is a Chief Research Scientist and Manager of the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, and Director of the DSTI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. He received his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry at the University of Calcutta, India, in 2001, and was a recipient of the ‘‘Sir P. C Ray Research Award’’ for the best PhD work. Prof. Ray’s current research focuses on the applications of advanced nanostructured & polymeric materials. He is one of the most active and highly cited authors (h-index of 99) in the field of polymer nanocomposite materials, and he has recently been ranked by Thomson Reuters among the Top 1% most impactful and influential scientists and among the top 50 high-impact chemists. He has delivered more than 77 plenary/keynote/invited presentations at international conferences and has organised or co-organised several events. He authored 16 books, co-authored 13 edited books, wrote 65 book chapters on various aspects of polymer-based nano-structured materials and their applications, and published 687 articles in high-impact international journals. His work also includes 14 articles in peer-reviewed international conference proceedings and 30 articles in national and international conference proceedings. Additionally, he holds nine patents (registered or pending) and has developed 13 new technologies, which he has shared with colleagues, collaborators, and industry partners. His team has commercialised several products and supported SMMEs. Over the past 19 years, he has mentored 27 postdoctoral fellows and supervised 48 PhD and 17 Master’s students. In 2016, he was honored with South Africa’s most prestigious NSTF Award.Rashi Gusain is a Research Fellow at University of Johannesburg and also a visiting researcher at CSIR-Pretoria, South Africa. Her research interests focus on development of inorganic materials for photo-degradation of organic water contaminants and CO2 capture and conversion. Dr. Niraj Kumar Jha is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at Galgotias University, India, with prior research affiliations at the Centre for Research Impact & Outcome (CRIO), Chitkara University, and Sharda University. His research portfolio encompasses over 200 peer-reviewed articles and scholarly reviews, along with an edited volume published by Springer, reflecting sustained contributions to biomedical research and translational science. According to Scopus metrics, Dr. Jha’s publications have garnered more than 10,000 citations, with an H-index exceeding 50, underscoring the broad impact and visibility of his work within the global scientific community. He is an elected Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), London, and has been recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in rankings compiled by Elsevier in collaboration with Stanford University. Dr. Jha actively contributes to scientific publishing and peer review as an associate editor for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (IOS Press) and IET Nanobiotechnology (Wiley) and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Scientific Reports. His research is centered on elucidating the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying complex diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, and cardiovascular pathologies. His work particularly emphasizes the modulation of key signaling pathways and explores the therapeutic potential of natural products, phytochemicals, and synthetic small molecules in disease intervention.

• 1. Introduction2. Classification of water contaminants3. Water purification using various technologies and their advantages and disadvantages4. Adsorption in context of water purification5. Adsorption equilibrium isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics6. Effect of reaction parameters on the adsorption7. Carbon nanomaterials: Synthesis, functionalization and properties8. Zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents9. One-dimensional carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents10. Two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents11. Multifunctional three-dimensional carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents12. Biopolymer functionalized carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents13. Conducting polymer functionalized carbon nanomaterials-based adsorbents14. Carbon-based nano/micromotors for adsorption15. Regeneration and recyclability of carbon nanomaterials after adsorption16. Toxicity of carbon nanomaterials17. Outlook and future research, development, and innovation directions