Environmental Nanotechnology: Its
Applications, Effects and Management
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Teenu Jasrotia, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Sesha Srinivasan, and
Rajeev Kumar
Abstract
Environmental nanotechnology is holding an immense position in modern days’
science and engineering. These advanced ‘nanomaterials’ are being utilized for
diverse range of applications but with the ideology of saving environment.
Environmental sector is being tackled with the aim of developing sensors for
detecting, monitoring and analysing the toxic contaminants so as to protect and
remediate environment. In the presented chapter we have tried to illustrate
applications of nanofields, and resulting impacts on the four spheres of the earth.
Many efforts are being taken to have a check on the negative impacts of the
nanotechnology but still there are many prevailing discrepancies that need to be
confronted.
Keywords
Nanotechnology · Sensors · Environment · Toxic
T. Jasrotia
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University,
Chandigarh, India
G. R. Chaudhary
Department of Chemistry and Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University,
Chandigarh, India
S. Srinivasan
Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA
R. Kumar (*)
Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
e-mail: rajeev@pu.ac.in
# 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_3
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