Overview
Covers a wide range of pollutants such as heavy metals, dyes and pesticides
Describes the basic synthesis of nanomaterials using plants and their application
Discusses the mechanistic aspect of the degradation of pollutants
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The combination of nanotechnology and phytoremediation, which is called phytonanotechnology, have the potential to remove contaminants from the environment or degrade them. The efficiency of contaminant removal can be improved by combining both methods as they are complementary to each other.
Phytonanotechnology offers the advantages of increased bioavailability, prolongation of heavy metal absorption time, and multiple metal removal, all contributing to improved efficacy and decreased toxicity in plants and surroundings. Therefore, there is immense scope for nature-derived molecules to be formulated into nanotechnology-based phytoremediation approaches targeting the specific heavy metal removal from effluents and surroundings. This encourages research initiatives to synthesize more phytonanotechnology based uptake plant systems with high efficiency. Efficient formulation targeting strategies and the evaluation of targeting efficiency of phytonanotechnology, conforming to international standards of their toxicology and biocompatibility, could pave the way for heavy metal uptake and removal by plant-based systems.
This book serves as a valuable resource for postgraduate students, environmental scientists and materials scientists in academia and corporate research.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arpita Roy is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Sharda University, India, with a specialisation in plant biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, environmental biotechnology and microbiology. She has been teaching graduate- and postgraduate-level biotechnology. She has taught topics related to plant biotechnology, microbiology, bioprocess engineering and solid waste management. She has authored more than 25 scientific articles and 14 book chapters. She has participated and presented at numerous state, national and international conferences, seminars, workshops and symposiums. She has received the Commendable Research Award for excellence in research during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 from Delhi Technological University, and she has served as an editorial board member and reviewer of international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Phytonanotechnology
Editors: Maulin P. Shah, Arpita Roy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4811-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4810-7Published: 21 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-4813-8Published: 22 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-4811-4Published: 20 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 336
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pollution, general, Plant Sciences, Nanotechnology