Sustainable Preparation of Metal Nanoparticles : Methods and Applications This timely publication bridges and presents the latest trends and updates in three hot topics of current and future society: nanomaterials energy and environment. It provides the state of the art as well as current challenges and advances in the sustainable preparation of metal nanoparticles and their applications. The book fills a critical gap in a multidisciplinary area of high economic social and environmental importance. Currently there are no books published that deal with these ever increasing important topics as most books in this area focus on a particular topic (eg. nanomaterials