Materials nanoarchitectonics for environmental remediation and sensing
The global environment has been variously compromised leading to problems such as global warming and radioactive contamination. In this feature article, we will focus especially on materials for environmental remediation based on the concept of materials nanoarchitectonics. The topics are classified...
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| Published in | Journal of materials chemistry Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 2369 - 2377 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.01.2012
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| Summary: | The global environment has been variously compromised leading to problems such as global warming and radioactive contamination. In this feature article, we will focus especially on materials for environmental remediation based on the concept of materials nanoarchitectonics. The topics are classified into three categories: removal and degradation of toxic substances including waste due to fossil fuel usage and organic pollutants (continuously arising problems), current emerging topics concerning oil spills and nuclear waste (current urgent problems), and advanced methods based on supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology (including breakthroughs for future development).
Materials nanoarchitectonics for environmental remediation is focused on removal and degradation of contaminating substances. |
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| Bibliography: | Jonathan P. Hill received his PhD degree from Brunel University, UK in 1995. He is currently a sub-group leader of the Supermolecules Group at the National Institute for Materials Science. His current research interest includes synthesis and properties of tetrapyrroles and their supramolecular manifolds as well as unusual methods for preparing organic nanomaterials. Mao Li obtained his PhD in 2007 from Jilin University, China. This was followed by four years of postdoctoral stays at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Cornell University, USA and National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, until now. Shinsuke Ishihara is a postdoctoral researcher in the Supermolecules Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He received his PhD in 2008 from Waseda University, Japan. Prior to working in NIMS, he was a JSPS postdoctoral fellow (20082009). Katsuhiko Ariga received his PhD degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is currently the Director of Supermolecules Group and Principal Investigator of World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). Hideki Abe received his PhD degree from Saitama University. He is a principal researcher in the Environmental Remediation Materials Unit at National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS). He is currently conducting an R&D project of catalysts for environmental remediation and energy generation. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0959-9428 1364-5501 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c1jm14101e |