Nano-composites for water remediation: A review

Advanced Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 6056-6068

  Tesh, Sarah J ^a   Scott, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contamination; iron nano particles; nano composites; water remediation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

COMPARATIVE TESTING; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL POPULATION; REACTION MECHANISM; WATER INDUSTRIES; WATER REMEDIATION; WATER-DISPERSED; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

HYDROGEL; METAL; NANOCOMPOSITE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL; POROSITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDROGEL; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POROSITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925603354     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401376     Document Type: Review

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