The Polymer-Water Nexus: Addressing Water Challenges for a Sustainable Future

This book aims to guide and illuminate future pathways for utilizing these linkages to ensure the quality of water for drinking and other purposes. It delves into a critical yet underexplored domain: the polymer-water nexus. This nexus is a two-sided story: on one hand, polymers offer immense potential for water treatment and protection; on the other, their misuse can cause significant environmental damage. This book will serve multiple purposes – for education, research, and industrial applications – by providing valuable information in a comprehensive and practical format. The ultimate goal is to establish a sustainable bridge between polymer science and water chemistry, with careful consideration of environmental and climatic factors.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Jindal is an active researcher who has completed a PhD in Applied Chemistry and is currently focusing on environmental chemistry/science research, particularly in the fields of water and radiation, including water quality, quantity, sustainability, and water chemistry. He has worked on the water quality nexus. He has over ten years of experience in research and teaching. Presently, he works as a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Drinking Water, IITJ-JJM (Jal Jeevan Mission) at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IITJ), Rajasthan, India. Previously, he worked at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, for two years and at IIT Bhilai for 3.5 years. He has authored over 40 research publications in indexed journals. He is also the author/editor of Six books and numerous book chapters. He serves as a reviewer for many journals and book proposal. He is an Editorial Board Member of Discover Sustainability, published by Springer Nature.

Dr. Sanjib Banerjee is an Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. He is currently associated with the Department of Chemistry and Dept. of Materials Science & Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Bhilai. He leads the "Polymers for Health, Energy & Sustainability Laboratory (PHES LAB) " at IIT Bhilai. His research group is working on the development of innovative materials as key elements for healthcare, sustainability, and energy applications. He has (co)coauthored 92 peer-reviewed journal publications and 9 book chapters. He is also the (co)inventor of 5 patents. Dr. Banerjee has been the PI on over 7.3 Cr INR of funding in the past 7 years and his work has been recognized through multiple awards, including the SERB-Early Career Research Award 2019, SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship 2016, RSC-Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Outstanding Reviewer 2019, RSC-Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator-2020, Wiley-Next Generation of Polymer Researchers-2022, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)-Bronze Medal for the year 2024 and RSC-Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigators-2025, among others. He served as an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry journal from Feb, 2022 to Feb, 2024. Since, Feb, 2024 and Head of the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Bhilai from Aug, 2020 till Aug 2024. Since, Feb, 2024, he has been an Editor of Elsevier-Materials Today Communications Journal.