Preface
“Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials in Separation Science” is a monograph book,
which offers help in two ways—(a) understanding the fundamentals of 2D materials,
especially graphene-family members, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, metal organic framework, zeolite, MXene nanosheets, etc.
and (b) shaping your thoughts and understanding on the uses of these 2D nanomaterials in separation science including the membrane filtration and adsorption. This
book starts with a special chapter, focusing on novel pollutants, such as nanoparticles
and nanoplastics, which have recently become emerging water pollutants of global
importance. The authors of individual chapters cover both simulation and experimental evidences of 2D nanosheet-based separation technologies which are often
viewed as the more difficult concepts, especially to isolate complex solutes from
wastewater. The authors give insight mechanistic details in simple enough language
to make them more understandable. At first, they scrutinize the literatures, and based
on that enough discussions on 2D nanosheets synthesis; characterizations, membrane
fabrication, and demonstration of these membranes in isolating solutes are corroborated in detail. Researchers are often burdened with the task of finding research gaps,
and the enormity of such knowledge gaps is given in the last part of each chapter
which might help the readers to overcome any stagnancy in this research field. The
authors also give their perspectives and concentrated on concepts which could be
useful to young researchers and industrial R&D scientists. My rationale is that new
research breakthrough is considerably difficult to find in the ever-expanding literatures, but if the given challenges and perspectives are appropriately mastered, which
are implemented in my book, one can bring new state-of-the-art technologies in the
field of separation science.
New York, USA
Rasel Das
v
“Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials in Separation Science” is a monograph book,
which offers help in two ways—(a) understanding the fundamentals of 2D materials,
especially graphene-family members, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, metal organic framework, zeolite, MXene nanosheets, etc.
and (b) shaping your thoughts and understanding on the uses of these 2D nanomaterials in separation science including the membrane filtration and adsorption. This
book starts with a special chapter, focusing on novel pollutants, such as nanoparticles
and nanoplastics, which have recently become emerging water pollutants of global
importance. The authors of individual chapters cover both simulation and experimental evidences of 2D nanosheet-based separation technologies which are often
viewed as the more difficult concepts, especially to isolate complex solutes from
wastewater. The authors give insight mechanistic details in simple enough language
to make them more understandable. At first, they scrutinize the literatures, and based
on that enough discussions on 2D nanosheets synthesis; characterizations, membrane
fabrication, and demonstration of these membranes in isolating solutes are corroborated in detail. Researchers are often burdened with the task of finding research gaps,
and the enormity of such knowledge gaps is given in the last part of each chapter
which might help the readers to overcome any stagnancy in this research field. The
authors also give their perspectives and concentrated on concepts which could be
useful to young researchers and industrial R&D scientists. My rationale is that new
research breakthrough is considerably difficult to find in the ever-expanding literatures, but if the given challenges and perspectives are appropriately mastered, which
are implemented in my book, one can bring new state-of-the-art technologies in the
field of separation science.
New York, USA
Rasel Das
v