Week 1: Nanotechnology – Introduction, classification based on dimension or type of nanomaterial, impact of nanoscale on material properties- Lecture 1: Introduction of Nanomaterials
- Lecture 2: Types and properties of nanomaterials/nanocomposites
Week 2: Synthesis of nanomaterials – Bottom-up and top-down approach, Modes of synthesis for size and shape control, green synthesis of nanomaterial- Lecture 3: Nanomaterial synthesis through different methods
- Lecture 4: Green synthesis of nanomaterials
Week 3: Characterization of nanomaterials and nanocomposites – Environmentally relevant characterization using SEM, TEM, BET, XRD, XPS etc- Lecture 5: Characterization of nanomaterials - I
- Lecture 6: Characterization of nanomaterials - II
Week 4: Application of nanomaterials in environmental remediation – Briefing the conventional water/wastewater treatment units, Potential modification of water and wastewater treatment using by employing nanomaterials
- Lecture 7: Conventional water wastewater treatment units
- Lecture 8: Nanotechnology in water/wastewater treatment units
Week 5: Nanotechnology in adsorptive removal of pollutants- Synthesis of nano-adsorbents, Optimization of nano-adsorption unit for operating parameters, adsorption capacity of pollutants, adsorptive removal efficiency.
- Lecture 9: Synthesis and properties of nano-adsorbent
- Lecture 10: Nano-adsorbent in pollutant removal from water/wastewater
Week 6: Nanomaterials in photocatalysis - Photocatalyst preparation, modification, UV/solar photocatalytic system, photocatalytic treatment of wastewater, photocatalytic hydrogen production
- Lecture 11: Photocatalysis – principle, nano photocatalyst preparation and modification
- Lecture 12: Photocatalysis for wastewater treatment
- Lecture 13: Photocatalysis for waster splitting and hydrogen production
Week 7: Removal of pollutants using nanofiltration techniques – Principle of nanomembrane filtration, synthesis and characterization of nanomembranes, design of nano filtration unit, water/wastewater treatment efficiency using nanomembrane unit.- Lecture 14: Basics of membrane filtration
- Lecture 15: Nanomembrane synthesis and characterization
- Lecture 16: Nanomembranes in water and wastewater treatment
Week 8: Nanomaterial based disinfection – Selection of nano-disinfectants, synthesis, modification, disinfection kinetics
Environmental impacts of nanomaterials – Exposure and risk assessment, Dose-response, mechanisms of toxicity; ecotoxicological impacts of nanomaterials.- Lecture 17: Nano disinfectants for wastewater treatment
- Lecture 18: Nanomaterial leaching and risk assessment
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