Doing nano-enabled water treatment right: sustainability considerations from design and research through development and implementation
Mark M. Falinski, R. Steven Turley, Justin Kidd, Amanda W. Lounsbury, Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes, Andreas Backhaus, Holly E. Rudel, Mary Kate M. Lane, Camrynn L. Fausey, Ana C. Barrios, Jorge E. Loyo-Rosales, François Perreault, W. Shane Walker, Lauren B. Stadler, Menachem Elimelech, Jorge L. Gardea‐Torresdey, Paul Westerhoff, Julie B. Zimmerman
Abstract
Nanotechnology-enabled water treatment technologies have the potential to outperform conventional water treatment systems, but we must understand how to produce, use, and dispose of these technologies in a safe and sustainable way.
Topics & Concepts
Dispose patternSustainabilitySustainable developmentNanotechnologyRisk analysis (engineering)BusinessEngineeringMaterials scienceWaste managementPolitical scienceEcologyBiologyLawNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterialsExtraction and Separation Processes