Chapter 8: Application of Nanoparticles in the Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms

Nanoparticles have many applications across multiple fields because of their remarkable properties. Nevertheless, despite their great promise in this field, their involvement in preventing harmful algal blooms (HABs) has not been as well investigated as in other areas. The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the difficulties that HABs present, particularly the fact that they are common in many different geographical areas. It looks in detail at the fundamental ideas behind physical and chemical approaches, namely adsorption and photocatalysis, as ways to use nanoparticles to mitigate HABs effectively.