Handbook of Greener Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Compounds
Volume 1: Fundamental Principles and Methods

A guide to environmentally benign approaches for the synthesis of key compounds, materials, hybrids and composites

Boris Kharisov (Edited by), Oxana Kharissova (Edited by)

9780128219386

Paperback, published 9 April 2021

976 pages, Approx. 150 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 5.8 cm, 1.54 kg

Approx.954 pages

Part 1: Fundamentals of greener synthesis
1. The Fundamental Perspectives of Greener Synthesis
2. The Importance of Green Chemistry Metrics
3. Greener Synthesis at Different Scales
4. Role of greener syntheses at the nanoscale

Part 2: Greener methods: Physical and chemical methods
5. One-pot synthesis of nanomaterials
6. Ultrasound-assisted reactions
7. Ultrasound-assisted process: Reactions, extraction and surface modification
8. Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials by chemical vapor deposition method using green chemistry principles
9. Synthesis of nanomaterials and compounds via microwave irradiation as a greener alternative
10. Ionic Liquids as Alternative Greener Solvents and Catalyst in Organic Transformations
11. Synthesis of nanomaterials by mechanochemistry
12. Greener catalysis for sustainable development of fine chemicals: An environmentally benevolent approach
13. Nanocatalyst As Green Catalyst
14. Greener Synthesis and Applications of Hybrid Sol-gel-processed Materials
15. Microwave assisted organic syntheses (MAOS): The green synthetic route
16. Recent advances in microwave assisted syntheses of organometallic compounds
17. Glycerol: the liquid support for nanocatalysts

Part 3: Greener methods: Biological methods
18. Greener synthesis of nanomaterials and compounds from biomass sources
19. Biosynthesis of bioactive zinc oxide nanoparticles
20. Greener Synthesis of Nanomaterials using Some Plant Extracts
21. Nanomaterials fabrication: Bacteria-assisted synthesis
22. Algae, fungi and yeast mediated biological synthesis of nanoparticles and their various biomedical applications
23. Industrial useful bioproducts and devices development from microbial strains assisted nanosystems or nanoparticles
24. Plant extracts: a key ingredient for greener synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles
25. Virus-assisted biological methods for greener synthesis of nanomaterials
26. Sustainable valorization of the abundant biodiesel byproduct- glycerol
27. Fungi and Metal Nanoparticles
28. Green solvents
29. Artificial photosynthesis system for the reduction of carbon dioxide to value-added fuels

Subject Areas: Physical chemistry [PNR]