TY - BOOK AU - Bhardwaj Mishra,Shivani AU - Mishra,Ajay Kumar TI - Bio- and Nanosorbents from Natural Resources T2 - Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, SN - 9783319687087 U1 - 541.2254 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Biotechnology KW - Environmental engineering KW - Nanotechnology KW - Polymers KW - Water pollution KW - Water quality KW - Polymer Sciences KW - Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology KW - Nanotechnology and Microengineering KW - Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution KW - Water Quality/Water Pollution N1 - Biosorbents from agricultural byproducts: Updates after the 2000's -- Carbon nanoadsorbents for removal of organic contaminants from water -- Lignin and chitosan based materials for dye and metal ion remediation in aqueous systems -- Cationic nanosorbents biopolymers: Versatile materials for environmental clean-up -- Alginate based nanosorbents for water remediation -- Chitosan based natural biosorbents: Novel search for water and wastewater desalination and heavy metal detoxification -- Application of biomaterials for elimination of damaging contaminants from aqueous media -- Synthesis and application of silica nanoparticles based biohybrid sorbents N2 - This book reviews the work in the field of nanoadsorbents derived from natural polymers, with a special emphasis on materials finding application in water remediation. It includes natural materials both with an organic or an inorganic skeleton, from which the nanomaterials can be made. Those nanomaterials can therefore be used to reinforce other matrices and in their pristine form have an extraordinary adsorption efficiency. Being of natural or biological origin, the materials described in this book distinguish themselves as eco-friendly and non-toxic. The book describes how these benefits of the described materials can be combined and exploited. It will thus appeal to chemists, nanotechnologists, environmental engineers and generally all scientist working in the field of water pollution and remediation as an inspiration for the innovation toward new technologies ER -