Abstract
Nanomaterials have attracted great attention in numerous fields of materials science, electronics, biology, and even the medical sciences. Environmental analysis is at the heart of environmental management as it provides ways to detect environmental pollutants, based on which environmental legislations are normally established and implemented. Recent progress in the applications of nanomaterials has also provided new direction and building blocks for the design of environmental analytical techniques. Of especial interest are carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) that can be used as nanoadsorbents for liquid- as well as gas-phase adsorption of environmental pollutants. Because of their structures, dimensions, and topologies, they possess superior adsorption properties than conventional adsorbents, providing more area for adsorption to occur. Moreover, the flexibility of being formed on dual-format (packed as well as self-assembled) devices provides additional benefits with regard to their applications. In this chapter, recent research on the scope of CNM applications in environmental analysis that have considerably improved environmental analytical techniques is overviewed.
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