TY - GEN digital ID - 131867816 TI - Nanozymes for Environmental Engineering AU - Daima, Hemant Kumar AU - PN, Navya AU - Lichtfouse, Eric PY - 2021 SN - 9783030682309 9783030682316 9783030682323 9783030682293 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Chemical thermodynamics KW - Chemical structure KW - Analytical chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Enzymology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Biotechnology KW - katalyse KW - moleculen KW - nanotechniek KW - analytische chemie KW - chemie KW - biotechnologie KW - milieutechnologie KW - afval KW - atomen UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131867816 AB - Protection of the environment is essential because pollution has become a global problem with many adverse effects on life and ecosystems. For that, remediation strategies and techniques have been designed, yet they are limited. Here, the recent development of nanotechnology opens a new vista for environmental remediation. In particular, nanomaterials displaying enzyme-like activities, named 'nanozymes', appear very promising for environmental monitoring, contaminant detection, microbial management, and degradation of organic pollutants. Nanomaterials including metallic, metal oxides and carbon-based nanoparticles with nanozymes activities have been synthesized. These nanozymes have similar activities as natural peroxidase, oxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes. Nanozymes have several advantages, yet they suffer from several limitations such as low catalytic efficiency, less substrate selectivity, biocompatibility, and lack of engineering of the active sites. This book reviews the latest developments and applications of nanozymes in environmental science. ER -