Contributors ................................................... XI
Preface ........................................................ XV
1 Responses of Ceriodaphnia dubia to Photocatalytic
Nano-Titanium dioxide Particles .............................. 1
Chin-Pao Huang, Hsun-Wen Chou, Yao-hsing Tseng and Maohong
Fan
1 Introduction .............................................. 2
2 Materials and Methods ..................................... 3
3 Results and Discussion .................................... 8
4 Conclusion ............................................... 19
Acknowledgment .............................................. 19
References .................................................. 20
2 High Capacity Removal of Mercury(ll) Ions by
Poly(Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Nanoparticles ............... 23
Deniz Türkmen, Nevra Öztürk, Sinan Akgöl and Adil Denizli
1 Introduction ............................................. 23
2 Materials and Methods .................................... 25
3 Results and Discussion ................................... 29
References .................................................. 36
3 CO2 Response of Nanostructured CoSb2O6 Synthesized by
a Nonaqueous Coprecipitation Method ......................... 39
Carlos R. Michel, Alma H. Martinez and Héctor Guillén-
Bonilla
1 Introduction ............................................. 39
2 Experimental ............................................. 40
3 Results and Discussion ................................... 41
4 Conclusion ............................................... 51
Acknowledgments ............................................. 53
References .................................................. 53
4 Capture of Carbon Dioxide by Modified Multiwalled Carbon
Nanotubes ................................................... 55
Chungsying Lu, Bilen Wu, Wenfa Chen, Yu-Kuan Lin and Hsunling
Bai
1 Introduction ............................................. 55
2 Materials and Methods .................................... 56
3 Results and Discussion ................................... 59
4 Conclusions .............................................. 67
Acknowledgment .............................................. 67
References .................................................. 67
5 Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Regeneration of BTEX
Adsorption in Aqueous Solutions via NaOCI-Oxidized
Carbon Nanotubes ............................................ 71
Fengsheng Su, Chungsying Lu, Kelvin R. Johnston and Sukai
Hu
1 Introduction ............................................. 71
2 Experimental/Materials and Methods ....................... 75
3 Results and Discussion ................................... 78
4 Conclusions .............................................. 94
Acknowledgment .............................................. 94
References .................................................. 95
6 Nanostructured Metal Oxide Gas Sensors for Air-Quality
Monitoring .................................................. 99
David G. Rickerby and Alessandra M. Serventi
1 Introduction ............................................. 99
2 The Gas-Sensing Mechanism ............................... 101
3 Effect of Catalyst and Electrical Contact Materials ..... 104
4 Thin-Film Deposition Methods ............................ 105
5 Influence of Film Structure on Sensor Response .......... 109
6 Integrated Solid-State Sensors .......................... 120
7 Thick-Film Technology ................................... 124
8 Innovative Metal Oxide Architectures .................... 127
9 Sensor Networks for Air Monitoring ...................... 129
References ................................................. 130
7 Hydrogen Storage on Carbon Adsorbents: A Review ............ 137
Tengyan Zhang, L.T. Fan, Walter P. Walawender, Maohong
Fan, Alan E. Bland, Tianming Zuo and Donald W. Collins
1 Introduction ............................................ 137
2 Fundamentals of Adsorption .............................. 139
3 Carbon Adsorbents ....................................... 142
4 Concluding Remarks ...................................... 158
Acknowledgments ............................................ 158
References ................................................. 159
8 Treatment of Nanodiamonds in Supercritical Water ........... 165
Vlamidir I. Anikeev and Anna Yermakova
1 Introduction ............................................ 165
2 Thermodynamics of Solid Graphite and Diamond
Conversion in SCW ....................................... 167
3 Experimental Procedure .................................. 168
4 Results and Discussion .................................. 169
5 Conclusions ............................................. 175
References ................................................. 176
9 Spectrophotometric Flow-Injection System Using
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Solid Preconcentrator
for Copper Monitoring in Water Samples ..................... 177
Giovana de Fátima Lima, Polyana Maria de Jesus Souza,
Mariana Gava Segatelli, Pedro Orival Luccas and César
Ricardo Teixeira Tarley
1 Introduction ............................................ 178
2 Experimental ............................................ 180
3 Results and Discussion .................................. 185
4 Conclusions ............................................. 195
Acknowledgments ............................................ 196
References ................................................. 196
10 Application of Carbon Nanotubes as a Solid-Phase
Extraction Material for Environmental Samples .............. 199
Krystyna Pyrzynska
1 Solid-Phase Extraction of Organic Compounds ............. 201
2 Enrichment of Metallic Species .......................... 204
3 Conclusions ............................................. 208
References ................................................. 209
11 Fire-Retarded Environmentally Friendly Flexible Foam
Materials Using Nanotechnology ............................. 213
Richard A. Pethrick
1 Introduction ............................................ 213
2 Analysis of the Various Stages in Which a Fire is
Created ................................................. 214
3 How can Nanotechnology be Used to Help Control Fires? ... 215
4 Can Such a Structure be Created in Practice? ............ 216
5 Do We Need Anything Else to Make the Foam Fire
Resistant? .............................................. 218
6 Summary ................................................. 220
Acknowledgments ............................................ 220
References ................................................. 220
12 Simulation of Hydrogen Purification by Pressure-Swing
Adsorption for Application in Fuel Cells ................... 221
Qinglin Huang and Mladen Eić
1 Introduction ............................................ 221
2 PSA Model and Solution .................................. 223
3 Experimental ............................................ 227
4 Results and Discussion .................................. 228
5 Conclusion .............................................. 242
Acknowledgments ............................................ 243
References ................................................. 243
13 Removal of Fine Particles on Fibrous Filters:
A Review ................................................... 245
Lucija Boskovic and Igor E. Agranovski
References ................................................. 254
14 On the Relationship between Social Ethics and
Environmental Nanotechnology ............................... 259
Janne Nikkinen
1 Introduction ............................................ 259
2 General Overview ........................................ 260
3 Analysis ................................................ 268
4 Conclusions ............................................. 278
Acknowledgment ............................................. 280
References ................................................. 280
Subject Index ................................................. 283
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