Perspectives and applications of nanotechnology in water treatment

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-14

  Baruah, Sunandan ^a   Najam Khan, Muhammad ^b   Dutta, Joydeep ^c  

^a ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contamination; Nanofiltration; Photocatalysis; Purification; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; PURIFICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES; AREAS OF CONCERNS; AVAILABLE WATER; CONTAMINATED WATER; INDUSTRIALISATION; METAL-OXIDE; NATURAL WATERS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER RESERVES;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84957846073     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-015-0542-2     Document Type: Review

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