TY - CHAP
T1 - Structured inorganic oxide-based materials for the absorption and destruction of CBRN agents
AU - Guidotti, Matteo
AU - Ranghieri, Massimo C.
AU - Carniato, Fabio
AU - Bisio, Chiara
N1 - Funding Information:
M. G. gratefully thanks Prof. A. Vaseashta and Prof. S. Khudaverdyan for the kind invitation to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Yerevan, Armenia. M.G. also thanks the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research for financial support through the Project “ItalNanoNet” (Rete Nazionale di Ricerca sulle Nanoscienze; prot. no. RBPR05JH2P).
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Absorption and destruction of chemical and biological (CBRN) hazardous agents can be required on the field (decontamination after warfare or terrorist use) as well as in laboratories, pilot plants and chemical agent destruction sites (abatement of CBRN weapons). Inorganic metal oxides, in all forms and formulations, constitute a large class of materials that are suitable for such purposes. They are robust under usual working conditions, rich in specific surface sorption sites, active in the degradation of hazardous compounds via catalytic or photocatalytic mechanisms and, in most cases, relatively cheap. In addition, thanks to the recent advances in the nanosciences, structured nanosized inorganic solids show promising performances because of their high activity and selectivity, even at very low catalyst to toxic agent ratios.
AB - Absorption and destruction of chemical and biological (CBRN) hazardous agents can be required on the field (decontamination after warfare or terrorist use) as well as in laboratories, pilot plants and chemical agent destruction sites (abatement of CBRN weapons). Inorganic metal oxides, in all forms and formulations, constitute a large class of materials that are suitable for such purposes. They are robust under usual working conditions, rich in specific surface sorption sites, active in the degradation of hazardous compounds via catalytic or photocatalytic mechanisms and, in most cases, relatively cheap. In addition, thanks to the recent advances in the nanosciences, structured nanosized inorganic solids show promising performances because of their high activity and selectivity, even at very low catalyst to toxic agent ratios.
KW - Absorption
KW - CBRN agents
KW - Decontamination
KW - Heterogeneous catalysis, inorganic oxides, porous and layered materials
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881452905&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-7003-4_3
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-7003-4_3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789400770027
T3 - NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
SP - 43
EP - 53
BT - Advanced Sensors for Safety and Security
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -