Nanomaterials and Water Purification: Opportunities for Improving and Protecting Water

NATALIA SCHEVERIN; AURA B. PATIÑO; MARIEL DÍAZ; FERNANDA HORST

Nanomaterials for Air and Water Purification

Wiley

Año: 2024; p. 165 - 196

Water purification has become a significant challenge in the last decades due to the increase of pollutants present in water sources. Inorganic contaminants, as well as organic compounds, have received special attention due to their impact on human health and the environment. The presence of these species in aquatic ambient is increasing within the last few years due to industrialization and population growth. For this reason, it is necessary to create an environment of human conscience and develop methodologies for protecting and remediating the ambient. In this sense, the development of novel technologies is emerging. Nanotechnology appears as a recourse for the development of new nanomaterials, which could be implemented in different methodologies for environmental remediation and especially for water purification. In this chapter, an overview of the most novel nanomaterials based on inorganic nanoparticles and bio-based nanocomposites was reviewed, and their methodology of synthesis, characteristics, and properties for water remediation was exhausted analyzed due to give knowledge in terms of their impact on environmental remediation.