1st Edition

Green Chemistry for Environmental Sustainability

Edited By Sanjay K. Sharma, Ackmez Mudhoo Copyright 2011
    450 Pages 209 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    450 Pages 209 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    When the Nobel Prize Committee recognized the importance of green chemistry with its 2005 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, this relatively new science came into its own. Although no concerted agreement has been reached yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there seems to be increasing interest in environmental topics that are based on the chemistry embodied in this subject. Linking green chemistry practice to environmental sustainability, Green Chemistry for Environmental Sustainability illustrates the efforts being made to remediate a scathed environment into a pristine one.

    Links Green Chemistry Practice to Environmental Sustainability

    Eminent international experts present research on and the application of green chemistry and engineering in addressing current issues of an environmental and social nature. They cover sustainable development and environmental sustainability with chapters on green chemistry and engineering research, the design and synthesis of environmentally benign chemical processes, green approaches to minimize and/or remediate environmental pollution, the development of biomaterials, biofuel, and bioenergy production, biocatalysis, and policies and ethics in green chemistry. The book also explores economics, environmentally benign technologies for greener processes, computational methods and modeling, and green approaches to minimize air and water.

    Green chemistry has brought a relatively prompt and positive paradigm shift in the overall use and management of natural resources and raw materials for the development of society with a subtle promise to cause far less pronounced harm to the environment. This text provides insight into the chemical and biochemical technologies that are being studied, optimized, and eventually developed to promote environmental sustainability. It provides up-to-date information on selected fields where the principles of green chemistry are being embraced for safeguarding and improving the quality of the environment.

    Green Chemistry and Engineering: A Versatile Research Perspective, S.K. Sharma, A. Mudhoo, and W. Zhang
    Aliphatic Nitrocompounds as Versatile Building Blocks for the One-Pot Processes, R. Ballini, S. Gabrielli, and A. Palmieri
    Smart Biomaterials: Decontamination of Toxic Metals from Wastewater—A Green Approach, P. Goyal and S. Srivastava
    Opportunities and Challenges for Enzymatic Surface Modification of Synthetic Polymers, V. Babu, Shilpi, M. Gupta, and B. Choudhury
    Green Chemistry as an Expression of Environmental Ethics, G.D. Bennett
    Phytoremediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Environment: An Overview, A. Mudhoo, S.K. Sharma, Z.-Q. Lin, and O.P. Dhankher
    Influence of Nitrates from Agricultural Mineral Fertilizers on Erythrocyte Antioxidant Systems in Infants, C. Pisoschi, I. Prejbeanu, C. Stanciulescu, O. Purcaru, and D. Tache
    Microwave-Assisted Organic Reactions, A. Rauf and S. Sharma
    Composting as a Bioremediation Technique for Hazardous Organic Contaminants, A. Mudhoo and R. Mohee
    Policies Promoting Green Chemistry: Substitution Efforts in Europe, C. Dalhammar
    Integrated Numerical Modeling Software Tools for the Efficient Project Management of Sustainable Development Works in Solid Waste, T.C. Koliopoulos
    Necessity of Risk-Assessment Tools in Solid Waste Emissions in Analyzing Environment and Public Health Protection, G. Koliopoulou
    Green Eluents in Chromatography, A. Mohammad and N. Haq
    Ultrasound Applications in Biorenewables for Enhanced Bioenergy and Biofuel Production, S.K. Khanal, D. Takara, S. Nitayavardhana, B.P. Lamsal, and P. Shrestha
    Microbes as Green and Eco-Friendly Nanofactories, R. Sanghi and P. Verma
    Plant-Based Biofortifi cation: From Phytoremediation to Selenium-Enriched Agricultural Products, L. Ying, F. Li, X. Yin, and Z.-Q. Lin
    Biocatalysis: Green Transformations of Nitrile Function, N. D’Antona and R. Morrone
    Index

    Biography

    An internationally acclaimed, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Prof. Sanjay K. Sharma, FRSC is a Ph.D. (1999) in Organic Chemistry from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India and is a renowned author and editor of many books, research journals, and hundreds of articles from last twenty years. He has authored over 100 Research papers including many comprehensive Review articles in high-impact journals of international repute and contributed 21 Books from the internationally acclaimed publication houses so far.

    For his contribution in the area of Green Chemistry and Environmental Sustainability, he has also been included in the "World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists" for last two consecutive years (i.e. 2020 and 2021) published by Stanford University, USA. Presently Prof. Sharma is working as Professor of Chemistry and Dean (Research) at JECRC University, Jaipur, India.