Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and their Applications

Iron oxide nanoparticles have unique properties such as superparamagnetism, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity, making them ideal for applications in energy storage devices, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and biomedical sensors. This book discusses recent advances in synthetic procedures, current applications, and potential uses in environmental remediation and catalytic processes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 350 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2021
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc

Iron oxide nanoparticles exhibit a remarkable array of unique properties, including superparamagnetism, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity, making them highly desirable for a wide range of applications. This book delves into the recent advancements in various synthetic techniques for iron oxide-based nanocomposites, their characterization methodologies, and their potential applications in energy storage devices, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and other fields. Chapter One explores the recent developments in synthesizing iron oxide-based nanocomposites, their characterization methods, and their potential applications in energy storage devices, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and other areas. Chapter Two provides a comprehensive summary of current applications of immobilized enzymes based on iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles, while also discussing future growth prospects. Chapter Three examines the properties and applications of enzymatic sensors in harnessing tyrosinase, glucose oxidase, and other enzymes for sensing a diverse range of biomedical species. Chapter Four examines magnetic magnetite and maghemite iron oxide nanoparticles from various perspectives. Chapter Five explores the potential use of nano iron oxides to remove pollutants from the environment. Chapter Six offers a comprehensive review of the catalytic applications of iron oxide nanoparticles in organic synthesis, high-temperature reactions, gas-phase processes, wastewater treatment, and supercritical upgradation of heavy petroleum oils. Chapter Seven details the photocatalytic degradation of toxic, aromatic pollutants, such as phenols and substituted phenols, using different types of photocatalysts in the nano size range for effective removal of these compounds from water bodies. Lastly, Chapter Eight elucidates various magnetic nanomaterials-based adsorbents used in adsorption techniques for wastewater treatment.

Weight: 608g
Dimension: 158 x 231 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781685070069