We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Nanomaterials for the environment, handpicked by Associate Editor Ranjit T. Koodali.
This collection features articles published in the journal in 2019 on nanomaterials for the environment. Environmental remediation of pollutants have received significant attention due to the issues related to their impact on the health and livelihood of humans. Broadly, removal of pollutants may involve adsorption (transfer from gas/aqueous phase to a solid adsorbent) or their degradation into simple, less complex, and harmless chemicals. Nanomaterials provide enhanced capabilities to remove pollutants because of their relatively high surface areas and small particle sizes.
The examples included in this study include heavy metals such as Pb(II), Cd(II) using biomaterial waste such as corn straw, removal of Fe(III) using coconut shell based materials, use of magnetic nanocomposites to simultaneously remove organics and inorganics, use of nanofibers to remove As(V), removal of fluoride and phosphate ions, fungus, and capture of greenhouse gas such as carbon dioxide. The collection also includes articles that employ photocatalytic and/or photoelectrocatalytic techniques to degrade refractory pollutants such as nitrobenzene, “spent wash” from sugar distilleries, organic dyes, drugs such as amoxicillin, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) such as methanol and CO2 photoreduction,
The themed collection reflects the myriad number of innovative approaches developed by researchers to remove pollutants using novel, and often using cost-effective approaches for both the synthesis and subsequent removal of pollutants.
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Featured articles:
Functionalized biochar-supported magnetic MnFe2O4 nanocomposite for the removal of Pb(ii) and Cd(ii)
Lianke Zhang, Jinyue Guo, Xuemin Huang, Weida Wang, Peng Sun, Yumei Li and Jianhong Han
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 365-376. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA09061K
ZnO decorated Sn3O4 nanosheet nano-heterostructure: a stable photocatalyst for water splitting and dye degradation under natural sunlight
Sagar D. Balgude, Yogesh A. Sethi, Bharat B. Kale, Dinesh P. Amalnerkar and Parag V. Adhyapak
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 10289-10296. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00788A
Green-synthesized copper nanoparticles as a potential antifungal against plant pathogens
Nicolaza Pariona, Arturo I. Mtz-Enriquez, D. Sánchez-Rangel, Gloria Carrión, F. Paraguay-Delgado and Greta Rosas-Saito
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 18835-18843. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA03110C
Meet the Editor
Dr. Ranjit T. Koodali is an Associate Editor for RSC Advances and serves as the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Koodali has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals. He is a co-Director of a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant that aims to provide a new paradigm and scalable model for graduate education.
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