Volume 15, Issue 5 · IJARST · ISSN 2319-1783 / 2320-1126

Environment Management Using Nano-Technology

Environment Management Using Nano-Technology is an open-access, peer-reviewed research paper by Sanjeev Goyal, published in Volume 15, Issue 5 of the International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Technology (IJARST), a UGC-approved journal (Print ISSN 2319-1783, Online ISSN 2320-1126).

Author

Sanjeev Goyal

Abstract

Global environmental contamination, driven by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural intensification, represents one of the foremost public health and ecological challenges of the twenty-first century. Nanomaterials—distinguished by their sub-100 nm dimensions, exceptionally high surface-area-to-volume ratios, and precisely tunable surface chemistries—have emerged as a transformative technology platform for pollution abatement across water, soil, and air matrices. This paper presents a rigorous, cross-domain review of nanomaterial-based environmental remediation, encompassing established systems (TiO₂, Fe₃O₄, ZnO, nZVI, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, silver nanoparticles, and polymeric nanofibers) alongside next-generation materials including MXenes, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and quantum dots. Mechanistic pathways—photocatalysis, adsorption, reductive dechlorination, membrane filtration, and antimicrobial action—are elucidated in this paper.

Keywords: Nanomaterials; Environmental Remediation; Photocatalysis; Adsorption; MXenes; Green Nanotechnology; Nano-ecotoxicology; Circular Economy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62226/ijarst20262769

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