An authoritative summary of the quest for an environmentally sustainable synthesis process of nanomaterials and their application for environmental sustainability

Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Bioenergy Applications is an important guide that provides information on the fabrication of nanomaterial and the application of low cost, green methods. The book also explores the impact on various existing bioenergy approaches. Throughout the book, the contributorsnoted experts on the topicoffer a reliable summary of the quest for an environmentally sustainable synthesis process of nanomaterials and their application to the field of environmental sustainability.

The green synthesis of nanoparticles process has been widely accepted as a promising technique that can be applied to a variety of fields. The green nanotechnology-based production processes to fabricate nanomaterials operates under green conditions without the intervention of toxic chemicals. The books exploration of more reliable and sustainable processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials, can lead to the commercial application of the economically viability of low-cost biofuels production. This important book:

Written for researchers, academics and students of nanotechnology, nanosciences, bioenergy, material science, environmental sciences, and pollution control,Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Bioenergy Applications is a must-have guide that covers green synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for cost effective bioenergy applications.

NEHA SRIVASTAVA, Department of Chemical Engineering& Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India.

MANISH SRIVASTAVA, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU)Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

P. K. MISHRA, Department of Chemical Engineering& Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India.

VIJAI KUMAR GUPTA, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.

List of Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1              Nanocatalysts and biofuels: Applications and future challenges

Desikan Ramesh, Thangavelu Kiruthik, Balasubramaniam Prabha, Maduraimuthu Djanaguiraman and Subbramu Karthikeyan

2              Nanomaterials: Types, Synthesis, and Characterization

Zahra Vaseghi, Ali Nematollahzadeh

3              Recent advances on classification, properties, synthesis and characterization of

                nanomaterials

Veer Singh, Priyanka Yadav, Vishal Mishra

4              Synthesis of metallic and metal oxide nanomaterials

Ayse Demirbas, Tuna Karaytug, Nihan Arabaci, Ebru Sebnem Yilmaz, Ismail Ocsoy

5              Analysis of various green methods to synthesize nanomaterial

Pavlos Nikolaidis

6              Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticle from Acacia nilotica (L.)Wild. Ex. Delile Leaf Extract

Karishma I Sheikh and Kalpesh B Ishnava

7              Nanomaterials for enzyme immobilization

Nihan Arabac, Tuna Karaytu, Ayse Demirbas, Ismail Ocsoy, Ahmet Kat

8              Nanomaterial Biosynthesis and Enzyme Immobilization: Methods and applications

Indu, Ankush, Mrinal Kanti Mandal, Kashyap Kumar Dubey

9              Carbon nanotubes for hydrogen purification and storage

Pietro Bartocci, Giovanni Russo, Haiping Yang, Song Hu, Oyvind Skreiberg, Liang Wang, Fausto Gallucci, Gianni Bidini, Francesco Fantozzi

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