Venkata K.K. Upadhyayula

TL;DR: Based on the studied literature it appears that POU based CNT technology looks promising, that can possibly avoid difficulties of treating biological contaminants in conventional water treatment plants, and thereby remove the burden of maintaining the biostability of treated water in the distribution systems.

TL;DR: This article provides a review of how functionally modified gold colloids are applied in the detection of a broad range of threat agents, including radioactive substances, explosive compounds, chemical warfare agents, biotoxins, and biothreat pathogens through any of the four sensory means mentioned previously.

TL;DR: The potential prospects of CNT-NCs to accomplish two widely varying objectives in environmental engineering applications: preventing biofouling, and promoting the formation of desirable biofilms on materials surface are reviewed.

TL;DR: The importance of evaluating the environmental performance of emerging carbon nanotube (CNT) products from a life cycle perspective is emphasized in this article, which highlights several key challenges currently encountered with the application of LCA to CNT products, including a lack of data availability and uncertainties associated with estimation of certain impact characterization factors.

TL;DR: The results suggest that single-walled carbon nanotube aggregates are good candidates as biosensors and adsorbent media for concentrating, detecting and removal of pathogens from contaminated water resources.