About this Research Topic
Access to clean and safe water has become an escalating global challenge. The accelerated pollution of water sources from natural and man-made emerging contaminants causes significant health, ecological, economic, and societal impacts. Emerging contaminants include heavy metals, organophosphorus pesticides, poly-fluoroalkyl substances, plastics, and biological pollutants. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology play a promising role in developing effective, cheap, and facile technologies for wastewater treatment and remediation processes. The excellent and unique properties of nanomaterials contribute to developing effective strategies for improving water quality in various ways and turn into a reusable form of water. The eco-friendly, economical, and efficient fabrication methods are essential to meet the maximum permissible limits of emerging contaminants as they are continuously released into the water from agriculture, household, and industries.
This Research Topic focuses on advanced nanomaterials-based technologies, including metal oxides, metals, quantum dots, metal–organic frameworks nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, graphene, composites as nanosorbents, nanomembranes, nanocatalysts, and sensors. This includes using distinctive properties of nanomaterials such as catalytic activity, crystallinity, size, surface area, aspect ratio, porosity, reactivity, selectivity, and innovative technologies with a focus on effective treatment of polluted water and detection of emerging contaminants through nanomaterials sensing. The main aim of this research topic is to seek high-quality manuscripts that highlight nanomaterials-based strategies to address the progress of water purification processes, including synthesis of novel nanomaterials, characterization, detection, and removal of inorganic, organic, and biological emerging contaminants.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Role of advanced nanomaterials, mode of action, and their characterization techniques
• Synthesis of nanomaterials for the removal of emerging contaminants from water;
• Synthesis of nanomaterials for the detection of emerging contaminants from water;
• Innovative nanotechnologies for capturing emerging contaminants from water
This Research Topic focuses on advanced nanomaterials-based technologies, including metal oxides, metals, quantum dots, metal–organic frameworks nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, graphene, composites as nanosorbents, nanomembranes, nanocatalysts, and sensors. This includes using distinctive properties of nanomaterials such as catalytic activity, crystallinity, size, surface area, aspect ratio, porosity, reactivity, selectivity, and innovative technologies with a focus on effective treatment of polluted water and detection of emerging contaminants through nanomaterials sensing. The main aim of this research topic is to seek high-quality manuscripts that highlight nanomaterials-based strategies to address the progress of water purification processes, including synthesis of novel nanomaterials, characterization, detection, and removal of inorganic, organic, and biological emerging contaminants.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Role of advanced nanomaterials, mode of action, and their characterization techniques
• Synthesis of nanomaterials for the removal of emerging contaminants from water;
• Synthesis of nanomaterials for the detection of emerging contaminants from water;
• Innovative nanotechnologies for capturing emerging contaminants from water
Keywords: Nanomaterials fabrication methods and characterization, Impacts of emerging contaminants and health effects, Advanced water treatment technologies, Optical and electrochemical sensing
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