Clay Composites: Environmental Applications

本書描述了用於環境應用的黏土複合材料的優缺點及特徵化技術。它詳細探討了不同類型的黏土複合材料的結構和化學性質，以及它們的合成、特性和應用，特別關注於擴大生產和限制因素。本書涵蓋的各種主題包括黏土複合材料及其環境應用的概述、黏土-生物炭複合材料、黏土-表面活性劑複合材料、有機黏土複合材料、黏土混合物和富集黏土複合材料。本書將對對黏土基複合材料的應用研究感興趣的初學者、研究人員、材料科學家和工程師有所幫助。

Meththika Vithanage is a Professor and founder of the Ecosphere Resilience Research Centre, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Before joining University of Sri Jayewardenepura, she has worked at the National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, and Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her academic background covers environmental remediation of toxic metals, antibiotics, agrochemicals, serpentine soil chemistry, and waste biomass conversion. She received the prestigious Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi award from The World Academy of Science (TWAS) in 2020 and she became the Chairperson of the Young Scientists Forum in 2017. She received prestigious General Research Committee Award by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019. She was awarded as the Best Young Scientist, 2018 by the Young Scientist Forum of the National Science and Technology Commission, Sri Lanka and in 2016 she became the Young Scientist in Chemistry by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. She was selected as one of the Early Career Women Scientists by the Organization for Women Scientists in the Developing Countries, Italy. She served as the Chairperson of the Section for Engineering, Architecture and Surveying of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka in 2018. She has received Presidential Awards for Scientific Publications for 10 years. Further, she was listed as Top 2% of the most cited scientists across various disciplines globally in 2017, 2019 and 2020. She has contributed over 150 Science Citation Indexed journal articles, over 30 book chapters and 4 co-edited books published by Elsevier Inc. She additionally contributed to 2 Korean patents and 1 Sri Lankan patent for environmental remediation of antibiotics using biochar and synthesis of nanozero valent iron. She has served in many national and international scientific committees to promote science. Dr. Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She holds B.Sc. in Chemistry Special (Second upper) from the University of Peradeniya (2008), M.Phil (Chemical Sciences) from the University of Peradeniya (2012), and a Ph.D. in Biological Environment from Kangwon National University, South Korea (2015). Her research work includes the development of novel engineered/designer biochar as innovative solutions to environmental issues, mainly for remediating toxic heavy metals and pharmaceuticals contaminated soil and water, Heavy metal dissolution, Environmental remediation, etc. Dr. Rajapaksha has an excellent publication track record with over 45 SCI journal articles (SCOPUS h index 26, Google h index 29 with 6000+ citations). She has received several awards and distinctions including Presidential Awards for Scientific Publications and The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors, Sri Lanka (CVCD) EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2020. She is currently the Coordinating Editor of Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer) and Editorial Board Member for Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier). Further, Dr. Rajapaksha is ranked among the top 2% of the world's best scientists in the 2020 list of outstanding researchers prepared by Elsevier BV, Stanford University, USA. Giuseppe Lazzara is full professor at the Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo, Italy. After his Ph.D. at the University of Palermo during which he was one year at Bayreuth University (Germany). He was post-doc at the Lund University (Sweden) carrying out research on supramolecular systems. He was the principal investigator of a project for young scientist (below 40 years old) entitled "Clay nanotubes for designing eco-compatible smart materials" founded by the Italian Minister of Research and University (FIRB 2012). ). His research is devoted to physical chemistry of nanostructured systems fuctional for the environment and cultural heritage. In particular the following main topics can be identified: 1) bionanocomposites based on nanoclays as alternatives to conventional plastics, 2) selective functionalization of nanoclay for smart applications, 3) nanomaterials for conservation of cultural heritage. He contributed over 150 Science Citation Indexed journal articles, 1 co-edited book published by Elsevier Inc. and he is associate editor for Applied Clay Science journal. He has two patents on nanoclay based materials.

Meththika Vithanage 是斯里蘭卡斯里賈耶瓦登普拉大學生態系統韌性研究中心的教授及創始人。在加入斯里賈耶瓦登普拉大學之前，她曾在康提的國立基礎研究所工作，並擔任澳大利亞南昆士蘭大學的兼任研究教授。她的學術背景涵蓋有毒金屬的環境修復、抗生素、農藥、蛇紋岩土壤化學及廢棄生物質轉換。她於2020年獲得世界科學院（TWAS）頒發的著名 Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi 獎，並於2017年成為青年科學家論壇的主席。她在2019年獲得斯里蘭卡科學促進協會頒發的優秀研究委員會獎。2018年，她被斯里蘭卡國家科學與技術委員會的青年科學家論壇評選為最佳青年科學家，並於2016年獲得斯里蘭卡國家科學基金會的化學青年科學家稱號。她被意大利發展中國家女性科學家組織選為早期職業女性科學家之一。她於2018年擔任斯里蘭卡科學促進協會工程、建築和測量部門的主席。她在科學出版方面獲得了十年的總統獎。此外，她在2017、2019和2020年被列為全球各學科中被引用最多的前2%科學家。她發表了超過150篇科學引文索引期刊文章、超過30篇書籍章節及4本由Elsevier Inc.出版的合編書籍。她還為兩項韓國專利和一項斯里蘭卡專利作出了貢獻，涉及使用生物炭進行抗生素的環境修復及合成納米零價鐵。她在許多國內外科學委員會中任職，以促進科學發展。

Dr. Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha 是斯里賈耶瓦登普拉大學應用科學院的高級講師。她擁有佩拉德尼亞大學的化學專業學士學位（第二上級，2008年）、佩拉德尼亞大學的化學科學碩士學位（2012年）及韓國江原國立大學的生物環境博士學位（2015年）。她的研究工作包括開發新型工程/設計生物炭，作為解決環境問題的創新方案，主要用於修復受有毒重金屬和藥物污染的土壤和水，重金屬溶解、環境修復等。Dr. Rajapaksha 擁有優秀的出版紀錄，發表了超過45篇SCI期刊文章（SCOPUS h指數26，Google h指數29，引用次數超過6000次）。她獲得了多項獎項和榮譽，包括科學出版的總統獎及斯里蘭卡副校長和主任委員會（CVCD）2020年卓越獎。她目前是《環境地球化學與健康》（Springer）的協調編輯及《危險材料期刊》（Elsevier）的編輯委員會成員。此外，Dr. Rajapaksha 在2020年由Elsevier BV和美國史丹佛大學編制的傑出研究者名單中，排名全球最佳科學家的前2%。

Giuseppe Lazzara 是意大利巴勒莫大學物理與化學系的全職教授。他在巴勒莫大學獲得博士學位，期間曾在德國拜羅伊特大學學習一年。之後，他在瑞典隆德大學擔任博士後研究員，進行超分子系統的研究。他是由意大利研究與大學部資助的青年科學家（40歲以下）項目的首席研究員，該項目名為「設計生態兼容智能材料的粘土納米管」（FIRB 2012）。他的研究專注於環境和文化遺產功能的納米結構系統的物理化學。