Novel Biomaterials

Download or read book Novel Biomaterials written by Shalini Srivastava and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony with the natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediation involves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality problems. Special emphasis is paid to chemical modifications resulting in tailored novel biomaterials which improve its sorption efficiency and environmental stability. In this way it can be used commercially as a simple, fast, economical, ecofriendly green technology, for the removal of toxic metals from waste water particularly in rural and remote areas of the country.