Ecofriendly Application of Nanomaterials: Nanobioremediation
By M. Rizwan, Man Singh, Chanchal K. Mitra, Roshan K. Morve. 2014
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Nanomaterials exhibit unique physical and chemical properties and, hence, they have received much attention from scientists and researchers in different areas of environmental sciences, specifically in bioremediation. Bioremediation provides a good clean-up strategy for some types of waste, but as it is expected, it will not be useful for all. For example, bioremediation may not provide a feasible strategy at sites with high concentrations of chemicals that are toxic to most microorganisms. These include heavy metals and salt. Further, the advancement in science and technology has increased standard of living which directly or indirectly contributes to the increase in waste and toxic material. Therefore, the remediation of contaminants by use of existing technology is not effective and efficient in cleaning up the environment. Hence, nanomaterials may be applied for bioremediation, which will not only have less toxic effect on microorganisms, but will also improve the microbial activity of the specific waste and toxic material which will reduce the overall time consumption as well as reduce the overall cost. In this paper we have briefly summarized the major types of nanomaterials that have been used so far in bioremediation of waste and toxic materials.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology
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- Applications of nanotechnology in agriculture and water quality management (2017, background): “Biologically synthesized nanomaterials from organisms Gundelia tournefortii, Centaurea virgata, Reseda lutea, Scariola orientalis, Eleagnum angustifolia, Bacillus sp. and Noaea Mucronata accumulated heavy metals—mainly Cu, Zn, Pb and Ni (Sinha et al. 2011; Ingle et al. 2014; Rizwan et al. 2014).”
- Nanotechnology in agro-food: From field to plate (2015, background): “and Noaea mucronata accumulated heavy metals — mainly Cu, Zn, Pb, and Ni (Arvind, Vidya, Bodh, & Sunil, 2011; Avinash et al., 2014; Rizwan et al., 2014).”
- Bioremediation techniques–classification based on site of application: principles, advantages, limitations and prospects (2016, background): “Nanomaterials increase surface area and lower activation energy, thereby increasing the efficiency of microorganisms in degradation of waste and toxic materials, resulting in overall reduction in remediation time and cost (Rizwan et al. 2014).”