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One of the most important challenges in the world is to provide clean water. Nanotechnology in recent years provides beneficial properties of nanomaterials that render solutions to overcome the limitations in the conventional methods of water remediation
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Sugaraj Samuel, R., Sridharan, K. (2018). Water Remediation by Nanofiltration and Catalytic Degradation. In: Sridharan, K. (eds) Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Environment and Sustainability. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71327-4_12
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