Graphene Oxide in Environmental Remediation Process (eBook)

Flavio Pendolino received his Ph.D. in Physics and Nanotechnology from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain. He is an auditor of quality and environmental management systems in the industrial sector. His major interest is in nanotechnology applied to environmental issues, besides synthesis of graphene oxide and its modification for remediation processes. Nerina Armata received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Palermo, Italy.  She is a research fellow at the same University and her research interests are on modeling and computational chemistry techniques to the study of nanostructures and molecules/polymers with environment impact.

Preface 6
Contents 7
1 Introduction 8
References 9
2 Synthesis, Characterization and Models of Graphene Oxide 11
2.1 Synthetic Methods for Graphene Oxide 12
2.1.1 Brodie-Staudenmaier-Hummers Based Methods 13
2.1.2 Free-Water Oxidation Method 14
2.2 Characterizations 18
2.2.1 Models and Modelling 23
References 24
3 Regulation and Environmental Aspects of Graphene Oxide 28
3.1 Regulation on Nanomaterials 28
3.1.1 Regulation on Graphene Oxide 30
3.2 Environmental Aspects 32
3.2.1 Environmental GO Toxicity 32
3.2.2 Disposal of Nanomaterials 35
References 36
4 Remediation Process by Graphene Oxide 39
4.1 Nanomaterials---Remediation Process 40
4.2 Graphene Oxide---Remediation Process 40
4.2.1 Solid Phase GO 41
4.2.2 Liquid Phase GO 46
4.2.3 Functionalized GO 48
4.2.4 Hybrid Material M-GO 50
References 51
5 Conclusion and Outlook 55