Platform selection of engineered nanomaterials for water decontamination applications

摘要: Nano-enabled water treatment processes have become in recent years promising alternatives to conventional technologies. However, the lack of practical applications nanomaterials advancing systems suggests that major barriers—such as upscaling, practicality, and safety—are hindering their deployment. An effective strategy overcome barriers associated with nanomaterial implementation technologies is immobilization onto platforms allow efficient, sustainable, safe use. Herein, we define criteria for selection appropriate platform decontamination (i.e., removal chemical contaminants through adsorption or reduction/oxidation), supply a full critical analysis top support engineered nanoadsorbents based on current literature. The include strategic material pairing contaminant-removal effectiveness nanocomposite active nanocomponent platform), sustainable design, scalability potential. outlined this work are generalized therefore can be used optimal depending mechanism oxidation, adsorption, etc.). We also highlight literature compare decontaminating performance itself. Further, pinpoint aspects required deployment nano-enabled adsorbing such leaching, regeneration, reuse. Lastly, evaluate maturity potential available Our shows currently activated carbons nanoadsorbents. Overall, proposes powerful tool which future studies best-available nanoadsorption – all ultimately advance decontamination.