Chapter 3
Bio-nanotechnology Application
in Wastewater Treatment
Salah Saleh Habtoor, Mohd Arif Agam, Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi,
Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed, and Efaq Noman
Abstract The nanoparticles have received high interest in the field of medicine and
water purification, however, the nanomaterials produced by chemical and physical
methods are considered hazardous, expensive, and leave behind harmful substances
to the environment. This chapter aimed to focus on green-synthesized nanoparticles
and their medical applications. Moreover, the chapter highlighted the applicability of
the metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) in the inactivation of microbial cells due to their
high surface and small particle size. Modifying nanomaterials produced by greenmethods is safe, inexpensive, and easy. Therefore, the control and modification of
nanoparticles and their properties were also discussed.
Keywords Bio-nanoparticles · Plant · Application · Antimicrobial activity
S. S. Habtoor
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Education, Aden University, Shabwah Branch,
Aden, Yemen
S. S. Habtoor · M. A. Agam (B)
Materials Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Bandar University,
84600 Pagoh, Malaysia
e-mail: arif@uthm.edu.my
M. A. Agam
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84500 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B) · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Micro-Pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,
86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my
E. Noman
Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_3
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Bio-nanotechnology Application
in Wastewater Treatment
Salah Saleh Habtoor, Mohd Arif Agam, Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi,
Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed, and Efaq Noman
Abstract The nanoparticles have received high interest in the field of medicine and
water purification, however, the nanomaterials produced by chemical and physical
methods are considered hazardous, expensive, and leave behind harmful substances
to the environment. This chapter aimed to focus on green-synthesized nanoparticles
and their medical applications. Moreover, the chapter highlighted the applicability of
the metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) in the inactivation of microbial cells due to their
high surface and small particle size. Modifying nanomaterials produced by greenmethods is safe, inexpensive, and easy. Therefore, the control and modification of
nanoparticles and their properties were also discussed.
Keywords Bio-nanoparticles · Plant · Application · Antimicrobial activity
S. S. Habtoor
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Education, Aden University, Shabwah Branch,
Aden, Yemen
S. S. Habtoor · M. A. Agam (B)
Materials Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Bandar University,
84600 Pagoh, Malaysia
e-mail: arif@uthm.edu.my
M. A. Agam
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 84500 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B) · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Micro-Pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia,
86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my
E. Noman
Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_3
33