Index

587

water disinfection and textile dye

degradation

334–336

water remediation

332–336

nanobiotechnology

agriculture, potable water and food

processing

385–388

automobile, aircraft, space travel

389

definition of

380

green technology

381

health, medicine, drug delivery and

pharmaceuticals

388–389

society and education

390

sustainable energy, building technology

389

in waste reduction and management

390–393

nanocarriers

386

nanoclays

386, 387

nanocomposites

238, 332, 334, 335, 338,

365, 386, 387, 391, 530

Nanocor

387

nanoemulsions

386–388

nanoencapsulation

347

nanofertilizers

376, 386

nanoherbicides

386

nanomanufacturing

381

nanomaterials, green synthesis of

362,

365, 391

nanoparticle-enzyme corona

353

nanoparticulate materials

42

nanopesticides

386

nano-photocatalyst

333, 335

nanoplastics

96–99

nanorobots

381, 388

nano scale zero valent iron (nZVI)

337,

338, 347, 391

nanosensors

333, 386–388

nano-sized ZnO

333

nanotags

391

nanotechnology

238, 332, 397

applications

41–43

nano zero-valent Iron (nZVI)

337, 338,

347, 391

naphthalene

177

National biofuel policy

445, 492–493

National Policy on Biofuels 2018 of India

491

native β-cyclodextrin

336, 351

natural extracts

529

natural weathering effects

99

negatively charged (anionic) metal

colorants

190

neonicotinoids

83

New Advances in the Integrated

Management of Food Processing

Waste in India and Europe

(NAMASTE-EU)

523

next generation sequencing (NGS)

502

N-fixers

119

nickel

67, 161, 178, 182, 183, 195, 198,

207, 209, 215, 321, 391, 500

Nicotiana tabacum

76–77

nicotinamide adenine di nucleotide

245,

286

nitrate-reducing bacteria

248

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

68

nitrogen-sulphur compounds

115

nitrogenase

244, 245, 285, 286, 448

nitrogenase enzyme

245, 285, 286

N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO)

267

non-biodegradable wastes

33

non-covalent functionalization

346–347

non-phosphorylated dry baker’s yeast

179

non-recyclable wastes

33

non-stirred ponds

163, 164

non-toxic poultry feed

564

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

(NSAIDs)

401

nonylphenol (NP)

232

nucleic acid

75, 343, 348, 352

nutraceuticals

387, 514

nutritive

115, 499, 525, 558, 563

o

obligate anaerobes

4, 286, 289

ocean photosynthesis

449

Ochratoxin A

254

ochrophyta

156

1,7-octadiene

350

oil mill waste (OMW)

222, 223

oil-degrading bacterium

105, 225

oleaginous bacterium

227

oleic acid

227, 345

oleylamine

345

olive mill wastewater treatment

222–224

omega-3 fatty acids

561