As the planet changes quickly and radically, the need for advanced
materials grows more urgent every day. Solutions that were created in
the last century cannot be applied to contemporary challenges facing
energy, water, communications, health, nutrition, and environmental
management. To meet each of these variables, enhancements in material
properties must be sought in order to invent new materials and improve
the performance of existing materials. Smart Materials for Environmental
and Industrial Applications is a pivotal scholarly resource that
describes the most recently introduced advanced construction materials
that are considered in terms of four broad industrial and environmental
categories: catalysis, new and regenerating energy, water treatment, and
green chemistry and sustainability. While covering a wide range of
topics such as nanotechnology, water treatment, and green chemistry,
this book is ideally designed for material engineers and chemists,
chemical engineers, ecologists, environmentalists, industrialists,
academicians, students, and researchers in the fields of material
science, waste management, and air and water pollution.
