Rafael Luque & Rajender S Varma 
Sustainable Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles 
Methods and Applications

This timely publication bridges and presents the latest trends and updates in three hot topics of current and future society: nanomaterials, energy and environment. It provides the state-of-the-art as well as current challenges and advances in the sustainable preparation of metal nanoparticles and their applications. The book fills a critical gap in a multidisciplinary area of high economic, social and environmental importance. Currently, there are no books published that deal with these ever increasing important topics, as most books in this area focus on a particular topic (eg. nanomaterials or catalysis or energy or environment). This is the first multidisciplinary edited book covering the very basics to the more advanced, trendy developments, containing a unique blend of nano, green, renewable and bio.

Table of Content

Part I. Introduction: sustainable preparation and nanometal challenges; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Theory and properties of nanoparticles; Chapter 3 Characterisation of metal nanoparticles; Part II Greener methodologies for nanoparticles preparation; Chapters 4 and 5 Environmentally friendly preparation of metal nanoparticles; Part III Applications of greener nanoparticles; Chapter 6. Energy production; Chapter 7. Environmental remediation; Chapter 8. High added value chemicals from biomass;Chapter 9. Prospects and Outlook

About the author

Prof. Rajender S. Varma was born in India (Ph.D., Delhi University 1976). After postdoctoral research at Robert Robinson Laboratories, Liverpool, UK, he was a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine and Sam Houston State University prior to joining the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1999. He has over 35 years of research experience in management of multi-disciplinary programs that include nanomaterials and development of environmentally friendlier alternatives for synthetic methods using microwaves, and ultrasound etc. He has published over 300 scientific papers and has been awarded 6 US Patents.