Sridharan Karthiyayini (ed.) Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Environment and Sustainability: A Review-Based Approach

Springer, 2018. — 126 p. — (Springer Briefs in Environmental Science). — ISBN13: 978-3-319-71327-4.This book discusses nanotechnology, its benefits and risks affecting the environment we live in today, and is divided into three parts: Part-I dealing with Sustainability, Part-II describing Toxicological Impacts, and Part-III discussing Nanomaterial-based Adsorbents.
The crucial challenge of sustainability in various environmental elements is a global problem. This draws upon various issues of nanotechnology which impact sustainability of food, clean environment, green house gases, raw materials extraction, manufacturing and automobile industry. Growth in the production of nanomaterials to suit any of these applications is commendable. However, this does not negate the growth in their toxic effects. The nanotoxicity research in areas…