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Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanohybrids for Advanced Water Treatment Technology

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Providing water in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner is one of the utmost challenges of the twenty-first century faced by global society. The exponential expansion of industrialization, the growing population, and changing lifestyles of people have led to an unprecedented increase of production in association with the inappropriate discharges of untreated domestic waste and industrial byproducts in water systems, such as detergents, heavy metals, organic dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceutical residues. In recent years, the use of engineered nanomaterials, including magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) and their hybrid derivatives, has been widely investigated for the removal of pollutants in water mainly because they enable the recovery and reuse. MIONs have unique features that can be employed for water treatment as a catalyst to mineralize or to convert contaminants into less toxic byproducts or inert products through advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). These water treatment methods are based on the in situ generation of reactive and unselective radicals, which have a strong oxidation capability and represent an innovative solution for providing fast and efficient removal of water pollutants. Thus, in this chapter, based on the comprehensive literature review, essential, conventional, as well as cutting-edge AOP technologies relying on MIONs and their hybrids are covered for wastewater treatment and remediation.

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Abbreviations

AMF :

Alternating magnetic field

AOPs :

Advanced oxidation processes

AR-27 :

Acid Red 27

CFU :

Colony-forming unit

CV :

Crystal violet

E-AOPs :

Electricity-driven AOPs

ENM :

Engineered nanomaterials

GO :

Graphene oxide

IEP :

Isoelectric point

MB :

Methylene blue

MIONs:

Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

MO :

Methyl orange

Ms :

Saturation magnetization

PBA :

Bisphenol A

PEG :

Polyethylene glycol

PMS :

Peroxymonosulfate

PS :

Persulfate

RhB :

Rhodamine B

ROS :

Reactive oxygen species

SMX :

Sulfamethoxazole

TOC :

Total organic carbon

US :

Ultrasound

UV :

Ultraviolet

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the financial support from the following Brazilian research agencies: CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) (PNPD; PROINFRA2010–2014; PROEX2010-2020); FAPEMIG (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais) (PPM-00760-16; UNIVERSAL-APQ-00291-18); CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (PQ1A-303893/2018-4; UNIVERSAL-457537/2014-0; 421312/2018-1; PIBIC-2017/2018/2019); FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) (CTINFRA-PROINFRA 2008/2010/2011/2018); and UFMG/PRPq.

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    Alice G. Leonel, Alexandra A. P. Mansur & Herman S. Mansur

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Leonel, A.G., Mansur, A.A.P., Mansur, H.S. (2022). Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Nanohybrids for Advanced Water Treatment Technology. In: Thomas, S., Rezazadeh Nochehdehi, A. (eds) Handbook of Magnetic Hybrid Nanoalloys and their Nanocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90948-2_37

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