Nanostructured zinc oxide for water treatment

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Asia

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-102

  Baruah, Sunandan ^a   Pal, Samir K ^b   Dutta, Joydeep ^c  

^a ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Contamination; Metal oxide; Photocatalysis; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; PURIFICATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRIPPING (REMOVAL); TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; COST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; METAL OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84873172259     PISSN: 22106812     EISSN: 22106820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2210681211202020090     Document Type: Article

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