The focus of this book is the chemistry of environmental
engineering and its applications, with a special emphasis on the
use of polymers in this field. It explores the creation and use of
polymers with special properties such as viscoelasticity and
interpenetrating networks; examples of which include the creation
of polymer-modified asphalt as well as polymers with bacterial
adhesion properties. The text contains the issues of polymerization
methods, recycling methods, wastewater treatment, types of
contaminants, such as microplastics, organic dyes, and
pharmaceutical residues. After a detailed overview of polymers in
Chapter 1, their special properties are discussed in the following
chapter. Among the topics is the importance of polymers to water
purification procedures, since their use in the formation of
reverse osmosis membranes do not show biofouling. Chapter 3 details
special processing methods, such as atom transfer radical
polymerization, enzymatic polymerization, plasma treatment, and
several other methods, can be used to meet the urgent demands of
industrial applications. Chapter 4 addresses the important
environmental issue of recycling methods as they relate to several
types of materials such as PET bottles, tire rubbers, asphalt
compositions, and other engineering resins. And wastewater
treatment is detailed in Chapter 5, in which the types of
contaminants, such as microplastics, organic dyes and
pharmaceutical residues, are described and special methods for
their proper removal are detailed along with types of adsorbents,
including biosorbents. Still another important issue for
environmental engineering chemistry is pesticides. Chapter 6 is a
thorough description of the development and fabrication of special
sensors for the detection of certain pesticides. A detailed
presentation of the electrical uses of polymer-based composites is
given in Chapter 7, which include photovoltaic materials, solar
cells, energy storage and dielectric applications, light-emitting
polymers, and fast-charging batteries. And recent issues relating
to food engineering, such as food ingredient tracing, protein
engineering, biosensors and electronic tongues, are presented in
Chapter 8. Finally, polymers used for medical applications are
described in Chapter 9. These applications include drug delivery,
tissue engineering, porous coatings and also the special methods
used to fabricate such materials.
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