Nanomaterials Recycling Micro and Nano Technologies Series

Nanomaterial Recycling provides an update on the many benefits nanomaterials can provide on both environmental and economic issues. Sections cover the appropriate recycling strategies of nanowastes, nanowaste regulations (including nanowaste disposal and recycling standards), promising applications (reuses) of these recycled nanomaterials, and various methods used for the separation of nanoparticles, including (i) centrifugation, (ii)solvent evaporation, (iii) magnetic separation, (iv) using pH/thermal responsive materials, (v) molecular antisolvents, (vi) nanostructured colloidal solvents, and more. This book is an important reference source for materials scientists and engineers who are seeking to increase their understanding of nanomaterials, recycling processes and techniques.

As nanomaterials can be recycled from both new/pure products (from nano manufacturing) and used products (nano waste: waste from nano integrated products), this book is a welcomed addition to many disciplines.

PART 1: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NANOWASTES 1. Nanomaterial recycling: An introduction 2. Introduction to nano-wastes 3. General regulations for safety in the manufacture of nanomaterials 4. General regulations for safety in the application of nanomaterials 5. General regulations for safety in disposal and exposure of nanomaterials 6. General regulations for safety in nanomaterial recycling 7. Nanomaterial waste management

PART 2: METHODS FOR THE RECYCLING OF NANOMATERIALS 8. General methods and procedures for the recycling of nanomaterials 9. Centrifugation 10. Solvent evaporation 11. Magnetic separation 12. Molecular antisolvents 13. Nanostructured colloidal solvents 14. Using pH- and thermal-responsive materials 15. Currently available nanomaterial recycling standards

PART 3: PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED NANOMATERIALS 16. Thermal properties of recycled nanomaterials 17. Mechanical properties of recycled nanomaterials 18. Chemical properties of recycled nanomaterials 19. Magnetic properties of recycled nanomaterials 20. Optical properties of recycled nanomaterials

PART 4: APPLICATIONS OF RECYCLED NANOMATERIALS 21. Construction and building materials 22. Landfills 23. Incineration plants

Professor Mahendra Rai is a UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former head of the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. Presently, he is a visiting Scientist at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. Currently, his group’s main research interest is green synthesis of metal nanoparticles particularly using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. Prof. Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Medini Award by the Government of India. He has been featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience.

• Provides information on how nanoscale recycling techniques can mitigate the most hazardous effects of nanomaterials
• Explains the major recycling processes and techniques used for nanoscale materials
• Assesses the major challenges of implementing nanoscale recycling approaches in a scalable and cost-effective manner