Biogenic Sustainable Nanotechnology: Trends and Progress focuses on the green synthesis of nanomaterials with various biological systems, emphasizing the mechanisms of nanomaterial synthesis, spectroscopic characterizations, and applications in a variety of industrial sectors.
Interest in developing eco-friendly, green, cost-effective, and facile methods for nanomaterials synthesis is rapidly growing. Green synthesis methods focus on a greener environment, minimizing generated waste, and implementing sustainable processes. As discussed in this book, green nanostructured materials often include phytochemical agent extracts, such as carbohydrates, flavonoids, saponins, proteins, amino acids, chromone, steroids, phytol, and terpenoids. These phytochemicals from plant extracts play a crucial role in improving the reduction rate, size, and stabilization, by acting as good reducers, surfactants, structure directors, and capping agents.
This book is an essential reference source for materials scientists, bioengineers, and environmental scientists.
Abdala, Ahmed: - Ahmed Abdala is Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University, Dohar, Qatar. His research focuses on polymers, nanomaterials, and nanocomposites, including polymer nanocomposites, functionalized 2D nanomaterials, anticorrosion coatings, polymeric membranes for gas separation and water treatment, and nano hybrids of metal/metal oxides and 2D carbon nanomaterials for catalysis, adsorption, energy storage, and thermoelectric materials.
Chaudhary, Ratiram G.: - Ratiram G Chaudhary is Assistant Professor and Head of the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, SK Porwal College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kamptee, India. His research areas are bionanomaterials, carbon-based nanomaterials, metal oxide nanoparticles, coordination polymers, antimicrobial assay, catalysis, and photo catalytical performances.
Pratap Singh, Raghvendra: - Dr. Raghvendra Pratap Singh is an eminent scientist in the Microbial Biotechnology. He has received his PhD from Gurukul Kangri University, India and is presently working in Research and Development Division, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun. Since 2014-2016, He worked as Research Scientist in Shandong University. His research contributions relate to the area of ecology of myxobacteria, plant-microbes interaction and microbial genomics. He is member of Aquatic Biodiversity Society and has a certification from Food and Drug association of India. He has received several awards and grants from various scientific agencies and societies such as Young Scientist award by ABA-2017, SERB-DST grant, Chinese Postdoctoral Grant, DBT travel grant etc. He has participated as Speaker in several National and International scientific meets and conferences such as FEMS-2013 in Stresa, Italy, Myxo-2016 in Switzerland, AMI, PTPB-2014 etc.
Rai, Alok R.: - Alok R Rai is Assistant Professor and Head of the Postgraduate Department of Microbiology, at SK Porwal College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kamptee, India. His research areas are bionanomaterials, biological application of nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, antimicrobial assay, microbial diversity, and plant microbial interaction.
