Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water

Chapter 9 Commercialization of Nanotechnology for Removal of Heavy Metals in Drinking Water

Lisa Farmen

Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc., Portland, OR, USA

1. Issues that Need to be Addressed 116

2. General Approaches 117

3. Specific Technology used by CCT and Results 119

   1. Synthesis and Characterization of Materials 125

   2. Metal Binding Tests 129

4. Moving Technology to the Next Phase 130

Abstract

Development of ligand-based nanocoatings that, when bonded to the surface of high surface area, low-cost substrates, can transform those substrates, through surface functionalization chemistry, into a high-capacity, target-specific adsorptive media capable of sequestering high concentrations of heavy metal contaminants. These monofunctional ...