Over the last 10-15 years, there has been an explosion of activity in the design and synthesis of nanomaterials built around a wide variety of basic architectures. In more recent years, a portion of this effort has focused on the environmental impacts and environmental applications of these nanomaterials. Why all this interest in nanomaterials? What advantages might these tiny structures provide to environmental remediation efforts? This chapter is intended to provide an overview of research in this area, as well as outline some of the advantages that these materials provide to environmental clean-up efforts.
Revised: January 18, 2008 |
Published: January 30, 2006
Citation
Fryxell G.E., and S.V. Mattigod. 2006.Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation. In Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues, edited by Challa Kumar. 189-210. Weinheim:Wiley-VCH.PNNL-SA-45910.