Nanotechnology: Applications for Environmental Protection and Sustainability
暫譯: 奈米技術：環境保護與可持續發展的應用

奈米科技有潛力徹底改變我們應對環境挑戰的方式。從水質淨化、可再生能源到污染修復，奈米材料為我們面對的一些最迫切的地球問題提供了新的創新解決方案。本書討論了奈米科技的最新進展及其在環境保護和可持續性方面的潛在應用。本書涵蓋了廣泛的主題，從奈米科技的基本原理到奈米材料在解決現實世界環境問題中的具體案例研究。本書適合研究人員、學生、專業人士和政策制定者閱讀。

Prof. Martin Desimone was born in Buenos Aires-Argentina. He graduated from Pharmacy, Biochemistry and received his PhD degree from the University of Buenos Aires. After a postdoctoral period in the University of the Basque Country, Spain, he joined the Laboratoire Chimie de la Matiére Condensée de Paris, France. Currently, he is a researcher at CONICET and a Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, he holds a Visiting Professor position at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande in Brazil.

He was recipient of awards and distinctions including the participation in the 2016 Emerging Investigator themed issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry B, the Award Innovar in the category applied research received in two consecutive years (2016 and 2017) from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT), the distinction "Dr. José A. Balseiro" XV edition, received in The Argentine Senate, which is the upper house of the Argentine National Congress and four times the "Academic Excellence" from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He has guided 11 Ph. D and 3 International Master students. At present five research students are working under his direction for Ph. D. He edited two books, authored 138 publications, 20 book chapters, and was granted 4 patents. He was also an invited speaker at over 40 international conferences.

Dr. Rajshree B. Jotania is a professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Electronics and Space science, at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India. She obtained her B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D from Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India. She was Junior Research Fellow (DAE-BRNS project) during 1987 to 1989 at Physics Department, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India. She obtained a few regional and national awards for contribution toward scientific research. She worked at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India for a few months as a Summer Visiting Teacher Fellow in 2005 and as a Visiting Scientist fellow in 2011. She possesses 32 years of teaching experience at UG and PG level. She is a member of board of studies at few Universities of Gujarat, India and a Mentor of DST-INSPIRE (Department of Science and Technology- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) program. She has published more than 100 papers in various research journals and conference proceedings. She has delivered more than 25 invited talks at various DST-INSPIRE Internship science camp in India. She has edited five books entitled 'Ferrites and ceramic composites' (Vol. I & II, Trans Tech Publisher (TTP), Switzerland), Magnetic Oxides and Ceramic Composites (Vol. I & II, Materials Research Forum, LLC, USA), and Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications (Materials Research Forum, LLC, USA). She visited Singapore (three times), Malaysia, USA (New York), and North Africa (Tunisia) for research work.

Dr. Ramdas Bhagvan Khomane is currently working as a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), located in Nagpur Campus, India. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Savitribai Phule Pune University (working place: National Chemical Laboratory, Pune), India, in 2003. His research areas of interest are metal oxide nanomaterials, carbon-based nanoparticles, nano zeolites, nano adsorbents, semiconductor nanoparticles, polymeric membranes for water treatment, catalysis, carbon dioxide sequestration, and lithium-ion battery performance. He has made notable contributions to the scientific community, with over thirty research articles published in peer-reviewed SCI and Scopus-indexed journals and conferences, as well as a chapter in an encyclopedia. Additionally, his innovative work has resulted in one US patent and three Indian patents. He has been a recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Research Fellow Award by NUS, Singapore; the Fast-track Young Scientist Award by DST, India; Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Associate, Quick Hire Scientist Award by CSIR, Government of India; and the US Patent Award by NCL Research Foundation.

Dr. Ratiram Gomaji Chaudhary is presently working as Associate Professor and Head in Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, Seth Kesarimal Porwal College, Kamptee. He is an elected SENATE member of RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur. As well, he is a BoS Member of Chemistry Subject. His research areas of interest are biogenic synthesis, phytosynthesis, metal oxide/graphene-based nanohybrids, photocatalysisis, and microbial assay. He has completed one Major Research Project funded by SERB. He is a recognized supervisor of RTM Nagpur University, and produced six Ph.D. students under his guidance, while six students are working, and completed 65 MSc Projects. He has published five Patents, seven edited books, thirty-five book chapters, 110 original research articles, and 20 review articles in peer-reviewed SCI/Scopus indexed journals with an H-index is 31. Recently, he received a prestigious National Award 'Best Young Chemistry Teacher' by the Association of Chemistry Teacher Academy (ACT), India at the hands of Hon'ble Dr. Vanlalthana, Minister, Govt. of Mizoram, Aizawl, Mizoram. Similarly, he is a recipient of several awards like 'Best Researcher Award' by RTM, Nagpur University, 'Young Scientist Award', 'Outstanding Reviewer Award by IOP-VAST', Best Researcher Award, 'Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Award' as JRF etc. Moreover, he is a reviewer of 78-SCI/Scopus journals, and reviewed more than 300 articles. He worked as a Guest editor for various reputed journals.

馬丁·德西蒙教授（Prof. Martin Desimone）出生於阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯。他畢業於藥學和生物化學，並在布宜諾斯艾利斯大學獲得博士學位。完成在西班牙巴斯克國立大學的博士後研究後，他加入了法國巴黎凝聚態物質化學實驗室（Laboratoire Chimie de la Matiére Condensée de Paris）。目前，他是阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯大學藥學與生物化學系的研究員及正教授。此外，他還擔任巴西里約格朗德聯邦大學的訪問教授。

他曾獲得多項獎項和榮譽，包括參與2016年《材料化學B期刊》（Journal of Materials Chemistry B）的新興研究者專題，連續兩年（2016年和2017年）獲得阿根廷科學、技術與生產創新部（MINCYT）頒發的應用研究類別創新獎（Award Innovar），以及在阿根廷國會上獲得的「何塞·A·巴爾塞羅博士」第十五屆獎項，並四次獲得布宜諾斯艾利斯大學的「學術卓越獎」。他指導了11位博士生和3位國際碩士生。目前有五位研究生在他的指導下攻讀博士學位。他編輯了兩本書，發表了138篇論文和20篇書章，並獲得了4項專利。他還在40多個國際會議上擔任邀請講者。

拉吉希瑞·B·喬塔尼亞博士（Dr. Rajshree B. Jotania）是印度古吉拉特大學（Gujarat University）物理系、電子學與太空科學系的教授。她在印度拉傑科特的索拉什特拉大學獲得學士、碩士和博士學位。1987年至1989年期間，她在索拉什特拉大學物理系擔任初級研究員（DAE-BRNS項目）。她因對科學研究的貢獻而獲得了一些區域和國家獎項。2005年，她在印度浦那的國家化學實驗室擔任夏季訪問教師，並於2011年擔任訪問科學家。她擁有32年的本科和研究生教學經驗。她是幾所古吉拉特大學的學術委員會成員，也是DST-INSPIRE（科學與技術部-激勵研究的科學追求創新）計劃的導師。她在各種研究期刊和會議論文集中發表了超過100篇論文。她在印度的各個DST-INSPIRE實習科學營中發表了超過25次邀請演講。她編輯了五本書，分別是《鐵氧體和陶瓷複合材料》（第I卷和第II卷，瑞士Trans Tech Publisher (TTP)）、《磁性氧化物和陶瓷複合材料》（第I卷和第II卷，美國Materials Research Forum, LLC）以及《用於生物醫學應用的磁性納米顆粒》（美國Materials Research Forum, LLC）。她曾三次訪問新加坡、馬來西亞、美國（紐約）和北非（突尼西亞）進行研究工作。

拉姆達斯·巴格萬·科馬內博士（Dr. Ramdas Bhagvan Khomane）目前在印度納格浦爾的辛比奧西斯科技學院（Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)）的計算機科學與工程系擔任高級助理教授。他於2003年在印度普納的薩維特里拜·普赫爾大學獲得化學博士學位（工作地點：國家化學實驗室，浦那）。他的研究興趣包括金屬氧化物納米材料、碳基納米顆粒、納米沸石、納米吸附劑、半導體納米顆粒、水處理用聚合物膜、催化、二氧化碳封存和鋰離子電池性能。他對科學社群做出了顯著貢獻，發表了超過三十篇在同行評審的SCI和Scopus索引期刊及會議上的研究文章，並在百科全書中撰寫了一章。此外，他的創新工作獲得了一項美國專利和三項印度專利。他曾獲得多項著名獎項，包括新加坡國立大學的研究獎學金、印度科學與技術部的快速通道青年科學家獎、印度政府CSIR的高級研究獎學金、高級研究助理和快速聘用科學家獎，以及NCL研究基金會的美國專利獎。

拉蒂拉姆·戈馬吉·喬杜里博士（Dr. Ratiram Gomaji Chaudhary）目前在坎普提的塞斯·凱薩里馬爾·波瓦爾學院（Seth Kesarimal Porwal College）擔任研究生化學系的副教授和系主任。他是RTM納格浦爾大學的選舉參議員，並且是化學學科的學術委員會成員。他的研究興趣包括生物合成、植物合成、金屬氧化物/石墨烯基納米混合物、光催化和微生物測定。他完成了一個由SERB資助的重大研究項目。他是RTM納格浦爾大學的認可導師，指導了六位博士生，目前有六位學生在他的指導下工作，並完成了65個碩士項目。他發表了五項專利、七本編輯書籍、三十五篇書章、110篇原創研究文章和20篇綜述文章，這些文章均發表在同行評審的SCI/Scopus索引期刊上，H指數為31。最近，他獲得了印度化學教師學會（ACT）頒發的「最佳青年化學教師」國家獎，由米佐拉姆政府的榮譽部長瓦納爾塔納博士頒發。同樣，他還獲得了多項獎項，如RTM納格浦爾大學的「最佳研究者獎」、「青年科學家獎」、「IOP-VAST的傑出審稿人獎」、「最佳研究者獎」和「拉吉夫·甘地國家獎學金」等。此外，他是78本SCI/Scopus期刊的審稿人，並審閱了超過300篇文章。他曾擔任多本知名期刊的客座編輯。