Applications of polymeric smart materials to environmental problems. Academic Article

abstract

• New methods for the reduction and remediation of hazardous wastes like carcinogenic organic solvents, toxic materials, and nuclear contamination are vital to environmental health. Procedures for effective waste reduction, detection, and removal are important components of any such methods. Toward this end, polymeric smart materials are finding useful applications. Polymer-bound smart catalysts are useful in waste minimization, catalyst recovery, and catalyst reuse. Polymeric smart coatings have been developed that are capable of both detecting and removing hazardous nuclear contaminants. Such applications of smart materials involving catalysis chemistry, sensor chemistry, and chemistry relevant to decontamination methodology are especially applicable to environmental problems.

authors

• Bergbreiter, David

published proceedings

• Environ Health Perspect

author list (cited authors)

• Gray, H. N., & Bergbreiter, D. E.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Gray, HN||Bergbreiter, DE

publication date

• February 1997

publisher

• Environmental Health Perspectives  Publisher

published in

• Environmental Health Perspectives  Journal

keywords

• Biosensing Techniques
• Environmental Monitoring
• Environmental Pollution
• Gels
• Hazardous Waste
• Polymers
• Surface Properties

PubMed Central ID

• 9114277

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1289/ehp.97105s155

start page

• 55

end page

• 63

volume

• 105 Suppl 1

issue

• Suppl 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1289%2Fehp.97105s155