Handbook of Nanotechnology Applications: Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Medicine presents a comprehensive overview on recent developments and prospects surrounding nanotechnology use in water/wastewater separation and purification, energy storage and conversion, agricultural and food process, and effective diagnoses and treatments in medical fields. The book includes detailed overviews of nanotechnology, including nanofiltration membrane for water/wastewater treatment, nanomedicine and nanosensor development for medical implementation, advanced nanomaterials of different structural dimensions (0D, 1D, 2D and 3D) for energy applications, as well as food and agricultural utilization. Other sections discuss the challenges of lab-based research transitioning towards practical industrial use.
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Table of Contents
I- Enviroment
1 Nanostructured microporous membranes for advanced water and wastewater treatment
2 Recent advances on TiO2 photocatalysis for wastewater degradation: fundamentals, commercial TiO2 materials, and photocatalytic reactors
3 Nanomaterial development and its applications for emerging pollutant removal in water
4 Nanofiltration membranes for challenging environment
5 Recent progress of polyamide thin film nanocomposite membranes for water applications
6 Integrated nanofiltration membrane process for water and wastewater treatment
7 Photoelectrochemical processes for energy applications
8 Development of mixed matrix membranes for gas separations
II- Energy
9 Nanocatalysts for interconversion of CO2 to fuels and chemicals
10 Nanocomposite catalytic membranes for energy production: advances and challenges
11 Advances in nanocatalysts for aviation biofuels
12 Adhesive binders for nanosilicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries
13 Nanotechnology for hydrogen storage14 Safety of nanomaterials for energy applications
III- Agriculture
15 Nanoencapsulation in agricultural applications
16 Nanomaterials in agricultural and food applications
17 Nanotechnology in functional and active food packaging
18 Nanopore sequencing in agricultural and food applications
19 Novel applications of nanotechnology in food safety assessment
IV- Medicine
20 Nanocarrier-based vaccine delivery systems for synthetic peptide vaccines
21 Cancer nanomedicine
22 Bioprobe-conjugate polymeric micro/ nanoparticles as detection tools for infectious diseases
23 Inorganic nanoparticle-based biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics
24 Strategies for ligand-installed nanocarriers
25 Biomedical sensor
26 Predictive models for nanotoxicology: in vitro, in vivo, and computational models
27 Bioinspired nanostructures for tailoring mechanical properties
28 Three-dimensional printed scaffolds for tissue engineering
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Authors
Kajornsak Faungnawakij Director, Nanomaterials and Nanosystems Engineering Research Unit, National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand. Kajornsak Faungnawakij is Director of the Nanomaterials and Nanosystems Engineering Research Unit at the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand. His research focuses in the areas of nanomaterials and particle technology. Woei Jye Lau Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. Dr. Woei Jye Lau is currently an associate professor in the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Dr Lau has a very strong research interest in the field of membrane science and technology for water applications and has published>250 scientific papers with total number of Scopus citations exceeding 10,000. He is the author of the book Nanofiltration Membranes: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications published by CRC Press in 2017 and has edited several books published by CRC Press and Elsevier. Currently, Dr Lau serves as a subject editor for Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier) and is associate editor for Water Reuse (International Water Association).
In recognition of his research excellence, Dr Lau received the Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship in 2015, UI-RESOLV Program 2016 (Indonesia), Mevlana International Exchange Program 2017/2018 (Turkey), Sakura Exchange Program 2018 (Japan), T�BITAK's Fellowships for Visiting Scientists 2018 (Turkey), ASEAN-India Collaborative R&D Scheme 2019 and the 6th Science & Technology Exchange Program (Iran). Uracha Rungsardthong Ruktanonchai Deputy Executive Director, National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand. Uracha Rungsardthong Ruktanonchai is Deputy Executive Director, National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Thailand. Her research focuses in the areas of lipid and polymeric nanoparticles, nano-encapsulation, and advance drug delivery system. Kuakoon Piyachomkwan National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand. Kuakoon Piyachomkwan is Deputy Executive Director, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand. Her research focuses on nanotechnology in food applications.
