Nanomaterials; Applications; Implications
and Management
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Varsha Dogra, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Kumar
Abstract
In today’s time, the field of nanotechnology is getting huge attention and priority
in the area of research because of its diverse applications that cover almost every
field. Nanotechnology comprises fabrication, characterization, controlled size
nanomaterials having different potentials, research, and development in the
nanometer scale. Nanotechnology is playing the most important roles in science
and technology; the medical field, food industries, agriculture, and commercial
industries. Applications of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials (ENM)
are growing very vastly that is creating a marked impact on human health and
everyday life. However, there are some uncertainties, and anomalies in the
properties, chemical composition, size, and shape of the nanomaterials that
cause an adverse impact on the public health and ecosystem. Thousands of
nano-based consumer products are already in the market without proper checking
of possible risks on the earth and the human body. A very little is known about the
toxicity of nanomaterials toward biotic and abiotic components of the environment and their management. This book chapter provides the summary of
nanomaterials, their classifications, applications, impacts or implications, and
their management strategies.
V. Dogra · R. Kumar
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
G. Kaur (*)
Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University,
Chandigarh, India
e-mail: gurpreet14@pu.ac.in
S. Kumar
Department of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and
Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
R. Kumar et al. (eds.), New Frontiers of Nanomaterials in Environmental Science,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9239-3_2
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and Management
2
Varsha Dogra, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Kumar
Abstract
In today’s time, the field of nanotechnology is getting huge attention and priority
in the area of research because of its diverse applications that cover almost every
field. Nanotechnology comprises fabrication, characterization, controlled size
nanomaterials having different potentials, research, and development in the
nanometer scale. Nanotechnology is playing the most important roles in science
and technology; the medical field, food industries, agriculture, and commercial
industries. Applications of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials (ENM)
are growing very vastly that is creating a marked impact on human health and
everyday life. However, there are some uncertainties, and anomalies in the
properties, chemical composition, size, and shape of the nanomaterials that
cause an adverse impact on the public health and ecosystem. Thousands of
nano-based consumer products are already in the market without proper checking
of possible risks on the earth and the human body. A very little is known about the
toxicity of nanomaterials toward biotic and abiotic components of the environment and their management. This book chapter provides the summary of
nanomaterials, their classifications, applications, impacts or implications, and
their management strategies.
V. Dogra · R. Kumar
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
G. Kaur (*)
Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University,
Chandigarh, India
e-mail: gurpreet14@pu.ac.in
S. Kumar
Department of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and
Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
# Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
R. Kumar et al. (eds.), New Frontiers of Nanomaterials in Environmental Science,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9239-3_2
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