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Sponsored by the Hazardous, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste Engineering Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. Nanomaterials in the Environment offers the most current knowledge on the environmental impact of materials and products developed using nanotechnology. Nanomaterials are revolutionizing electronics, medicine, transportation, and many other industries, but they pose risks to living beings and ecosystems that are barely understood. The 23 chapters in this book consider the science of nanomaterials, their behavior in the environment, risk assessment and toxicology, and the future of nanomaterials. Topics include: basic physical-chemical nature of nanomaterials; technologies for nanomaterial characterization, assessment, testing, and monitoring; behavior, fate, and transport of natural and engineered nanomaterials in water, air, soil, sediments, and constructed environments; environmental hazards and risk assessment; nano-ecotoxicology for animals and humans, microorganisms, plants, and ecosystems; ethical, legal, and social implications; responsible nanotechnology; and green nanomaterials. With contributions from the leading researchers in nanotechnology, this book is an essential reference for scientists, practicing engineers, government officials, process managers, and students.

Nanotechnology --- Nanomechanics --- Soil properties --- Risk management --- Soil analysis --- Ecosystems --- Water supply systems --- Soil water --- Particle size distribution --- Environmental aspects. --- Nanomechanics --- Soil properties --- Risk management --- Soil analysis --- Ecosystems --- Water supply systems --- Soil water --- Particle size distribution

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Sponsored by the Nanotechnology Task Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. This report provides the current status of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, as well as the environmental effects of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, the engine of the next Industrial Revolution, represents the new wave of research for chemical and industrial innovation. Any new technology or compound, however, comes with the threat of harm to humans and natural ecosystems. Research into the environmental effects—as well as the ethical, legal, and social implications—of nanotechnologies and nanoproducts has never been more important. Topics include: the major applications of nanotechnologies in various water environments; issues related to the fate and transport of nanomaterials in aquatic environments; engineered nanomaterials as emerging contaminants in water; and the environmental risks and related management of nanomaterials. Extensive up-to-date references are provided. This book is useful to undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and practicing engineers, as well as educators, scientists, government officials, policymakers, and industrial process managers.

Water --- Nanotechnology. --- Nanostructured materials --- Nanotechnology --- Nanomechanics --- Water resources --- Particles --- Contaminant transport --- Water treatment --- Industries --- Organic matter --- Porous media --- Purification --- Technological innovations. --- Pollution --- Prevention. --- Environmental aspects.

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Selected papers from the Fourth Geo-China International Conference, held in Shandong, China, July 25–27, 2016. Sponsored by Shandong University, Shandong Department of Transportation, University of Oklahoma, Chinese National Science Foundation, and the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 17 peer-reviewed papers on sustainable railroad materials and structures. Topics include: railroad materials, railway structures, economic and railway operations, railway construction and maintenance, geological disaster control technologies, and nanotechnology and nanomaterials. GSP 268 will be of interest to engineers and researchers involved in railway engineering, railroad materials, road and pavement engineering, geology, and nanotechnology.

Environmental geotechnology --- Geotechnical engineering --- Railroads --- Railroads --- Sustainable engineering --- Rail transportation --- Construction materials --- Infrastructure resilience --- Mitigation and remediation --- Climate change --- Railroad engineering --- Nanomechanics --- Colleges and universities --- Design and construction --- Environmental aspects --- Earthwork --- Rail transportation --- Construction materials --- Infrastructure resilience --- Mitigation and remediation --- Climate change --- Railroad engineering --- Nanomechanics --- Colleges and universities

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Nanotribology --- nanomechanics --- Biomimetic mechanism & design --- Tissue engineering --- biomimetic robotics --- Biomimetics --- Bionics --- Biomimetics. --- Bionics. --- Intellectronics --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Cybernetics --- Simulation methods --- Systems engineering --- Biomimicry --- Chemicals --- Bionic --- Models, Biological --- Bio-inspired Engineering --- Biomimicry Engineering --- Biomimicry Science --- Mimetics, Biological --- Bio inspired Engineering --- Bio-inspired Engineerings --- Biological Mimetic --- Biological Mimetics --- Biomimetic --- Biomimicry Engineerings --- Biomimicry Sciences --- Engineering, Bio-inspired --- Engineering, Biomimicry --- Engineerings, Bio-inspired --- Engineerings, Biomimicry --- Mimetic, Biological --- Science, Biomimicry --- Sciences, Biomimicry --- Biological Mimicry --- nanomechanics --- nanotribology --- tissue engineering --- biomimetic mechanism & design --- biomimetic and bioinspired chemistry --- Engineering sciences. Technology

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Today, thin films are near-ubiquitous and are utilised in a very wide range of industrially and scientifically important areas. These include familiar everyday instances such as anti-reflective coatings on ophthalmic lenses, smartphone optics, photovoltaics, decorative, and tool coatings. A range of somewhat more exotic applications also exists, such as astronomical instrumentation (e.g., ultra-low loss dielectric mirrors and beam splitters in gravitational wave detectors, such as laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO)), gas sensing, medical devices and implants, and accelerator coatings (e.g., coatings for the large hadron collider (LHC), and compact linear collider (CLIC) experiments at European organization for nuclear research (CERN)). This Special Issue will provide a platform for researchers working in any area within this highly diverse field to share and exchange their latest research findings. The Special Issue contains novel studies encompassing material characterisation techniques, a range of thin-film coating deposition processes and applications of such technology.

PECVD --- plasma diagnostics --- nc-Si:H --- RF-PECVD --- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) --- quadruple mass spectrometry (QMS) --- optical emission spectroscopy (OES) --- X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) --- micro hollow glass spheres (MHGS) --- solid micro glass spheres (SMGS) --- liquid phase deposition (LPD) --- aluminum coating --- β-Ga2O3 --- MOCVD --- VI/III ratio --- scandium stabilized zirconia thin films --- e-beam physical vapor deposition --- thin films ceramics --- Raman spectroscopy --- X-ray diffraction --- initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) --- superhydrophobic --- fluoropolymer --- thin film --- atomic layer deposition --- nanomechanics --- Young’s modulus --- shear modulus --- resonant frequency --- Q-factor --- microcantilevers --- internal stress --- nickel–chromium --- thin film thermocouples --- physical vapor deposition --- flat film extrusion --- foil quality --- MgF2 --- color center absorption --- density --- crystal frequency --- stress --- adhesion --- polarization controlling --- dual functional-metalens --- focusing --- splitting --- PVD coatings --- nanoindentation --- brittle cracking --- fracture toughness --- diamond coatings --- residual stresses --- interfacial fatigue strength --- annealing --- milling --- n/a --- Young's modulus --- nickel-chromium