Short description:

This book highlights the characteristics, aims, and applications of bionanotechnology as a possible solution for sustainable management and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. It covers remediation of toxic pollutants, removal of emerging contaminants from industrial wastewater, and so forth.

Long description:

This book highlights the characteristics, aims, and applications of bionanotechnology as a possible solution for sustainable management and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. It covers remediation of toxic pollutants, removal of emerging contaminants from industrial wastewater, eco-design and modification study of bio-nanoparticles and life-cycle assessment, nano-filtration, bio-nanomaterials based sensors for monitoring air and water pollution, resource recovery from wastewater, and highlights Internet of things-based green nanotechnology.

• Provides a comprehensive solution of environmental problems in sustainable and cost-effective mode


• Reviews bionanotechnological applications in nanomaterials design, modification, and treatment of emerging contaminants from industrial wastewater


• Covers Eco-design study of bio-nanomaterials, bio-nano filters, and assessment for the treatment of emerging pollutants


• Includes IoT- based bionanotechnology


• Explores future research needs on bionanotechnology and scientific challenges in the mitigation of environmental pollutants

This book is aimed at researchers, professionals, and graduate students in nanobiotechnology, environmental engineering, biotechnology.

Table of Contents:

1. Advances and Challenges of Bionanotechnology in Sustainable Management of Environment and Green Economy. 2. Scope and application of bio-nanotechnology for the bioremediation of emerging contaminants generated as industrial waste products. 3. Bio(nano)cleaning-biopurification and bioremediation. 4. Hybrid Bio-nano Techniques: Novel Approach for Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Environment. 5. Eco-design and modification study of bionanoparticles and life-cycle assessment: key to sustainability. 6. Bionanocomposite membranes and adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment. 7. Critical Factors Affecting the Synthesis of Bio-nanomaterials and Bio-composites. 8. Air and water pollution monitoring and control through bio-nanomaterials based sensors. 9. Bionanotechnology in resource recovery from wastewater and agro-waste into valuable products. 10. Bionanotechnology in Biofuel and Bioenergy Production. 11. Recent Advancement in bionanotechnology and IoT based Sustainable Air quality Management: Surveillance and Monitoring using Machine Learning Techniques. 12. Bionanotechnology: A recommended solution for food security, climate change and wastewater treatment.