Sustainable and Affordable Clean Water from Emerging Nanotechnology

Dear Colleagues,

Toxic heavy metals and microbial contaminants are the most concerning pollutants in water. In urban areas, the increasing and serious pollution caused by toxic metals and dye pollutants in water has increased the risk to eco-system and human health. Various methods such as adsorption, chemical precipitation, osmosis membrane filtration and photo- catalysis are considered previously to remove these pollutants from water. Magnetic nanocomposite materials funtionalized with graphene or polymeric materials have shown significant interest in next generation clean water systems. The special issue will address the design, develope and fabricate of these ‘smart’ nanocomposites for the treatment of water.

This issue will relate with many of existing literature (A. Nagar et. al. 2020 ACS Nano 14 6420−6435; Sajad Tamjidi et al 2019 Mater. Res. Express 6 102004). To decrease the pollutants in water system and promote environmental sustainability, there is a pressing need to encourage more research and innovations, especially in new materials and new technologies. Based on your great contribution in this field, I would like to invite cordially to submit your articles to this special issue.

Topics of this special issue would include

1. Designing highly crystalline and sustainable magnetic nanoparticles
2. Design, develop and funtionalize of polymers and/or graphene to remove pollutants
3. Novel analytical techniques to analyze and monitor various pollutants of water
4. Advance materials and technoloties for effective removal of pollutants in wastewater

Dr. Esther Rani Aluri
Guest Editor

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• magnetic nanocomposite
• polymers
• graphene oxide
• clean water
• analytical techniques
• toxic metals
• dye pollutants