Providing safe drinking water is one of the top priorities for scientists and industrialists working on humanitarian projects, and one particular problem is the contamination of groundwater with toxic organic and inorganic compounds released by various industries. The presence of contaminants or industrial effluents in drinking water systems has increasingly become a major environmental challenge. To address the problem, a number of methods, including ion exchange, membrane filtration, advanced oxidation, biological degradation, photocatalytic degradation, electro-coagulation, and adsorption, are in operation for removing or minimizing these wastes. The purification process of wastewater using conventional methods has proved to be markedly ineffective, very difficult, and highly expensive.
On the other hand, for the remediation of water resources, a concept like green chemistry, based on the application of biological agents including polymers, bacteria, and fungi, has received great scientific attention as it helps to avoid the toxic by-products of conventional techniques and enhances eco-friendly wastewater treatment approaches. This book, Green Chemistry for Sustainable Water Purification, is written with the goal of providing significant and up-to-date research advances on chemical water treatments based on green materials and nanocomposites. Specifically, several case studies have been included to demonstrate the feasibility of low-cost materials for the successful treatment of organic and inorganic contaminants.
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Shahid Ul Islam, PhD, is a faculty and researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), J & K, India. Before joining IUST in 2021, he worked at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as a research scientist. His research is focused on imparting novel functions to polymers using organic chemistry, green technologies, and the valorization of biomass into useful products. He is the author of numerous scientific peer-reviewed journal papers and the editor of several books published by international publishers.
Aabid Hussain Shalla, PhD, is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Islamic University of Science and Technology, J&K, India. Presently he holds the position of Head, Department of Chemistry along with additional responsibilities of Associate Dean (School of Sciences), Associate Dean Research and Deputy Director (Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance). His research interests include synthesis of hybrid ion exchange materials/ion-selective electrodes/synthesis of smart responsive hydrogels to envisage their application in the removal and identification of toxic heavy metal ions, dyes, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in wastewaters and use of smart biocompatible hydrogels in drug delivery and wound healing. He has more than 35 publications in journals of international repute, 3 books, and many book chapters to his credit along with three completed Research Projects and 2 ongoing research projects.
Mohammad Shahadat, PhD, is working as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia. He has completed his doctorate from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU, Aligarh), U.P., India. He has worked on the synthesis and characterization of hybrid ion exchange materials for the removal of environmental pollutants. He spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at USM, Malaysia's School of Industrial Technology. Later, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as a DST-SERB project scientist. He has published over 60 research papers, including 8 review articles, 1 book (editor) and 25 book chapters, in journals of international repute. His research interests include synthesis, characterization, green technologies, Chitosan/Polyaniline-supported biodegradable nanocomposite materials and their significant applications in various fields, including drug delivery systems.
