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Book title: Nanoscale Materials in Water Purification
Editors: Thomas S, Pasquini D, Leu SY, Gopakumar DA
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-12-813926-4
Series title: Micro and Nano Technologies

Abstract: In recent years, the release of harmful pollutants to the environment, as a result of the massive exploitation of natural resources and the extensive use of chemicals, has received much attention because of their negative effects to human health. Some of the new emerging organic contaminants, including pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs), pesticides, and aromatic hydrocarbons, are being faulted for their endocrine-disrupting potency (characterized in literature as endocrine-disrupting compounds, or EDRs). To this point, world-leading drinking-water industries focus their efforts on the development of novel technologies for the removal of various persistent pollutants (i.e., disinfection by-products, pathogens, and synthetic or natural organic compounds) from water sources. Various water treatment methods, including UV radiation, ozonation, catalytic oxidation/reduction, activated carbon adsorption, and membrane filtration, have been developed for the removal of toxic compounds from polluted water streams. However, these commonly applied methods are usually nonselective and often lead to secondary pollution effects. It is apparent that the development of novel functional materials for the selective removal of toxic compounds and other contaminants from water sources is of great economic and environmental importance. Thus, current research efforts for "tailor-made" materials, possessing high selectivity and specificity and long-term stability, as well as the development of modern, efficient, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective water purification technologies are very intensive. One category of functional materials that satisfies the above performance criteria is the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)
Template and target information: Review - water treatment by MIPs
Author keywords: Molecularly imprinted polymers, Water treatment applications, MIP composite membranes, catalysts, sensors, Environmental monitoring