Advanced Nanomaterials in Biomedical, Sensor and Energy Applications

This book is aimed at all those who are interested to understand the current research going on in nanomaterial science from the perspectives of biomedical, sensorial and energy applications including all aspects of physical chemist, chemical engineers and material scientist. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are at the forefront of modern research. The fast growing economy in this area requires experts with outstanding knowledge of nanoscience in combination with the skills to apply this knowledge in new products. A multidisciplinary scientific education is crucial to provide industry and research institutes with top quality experts who have a generic background in the different sub disciplines such as electronics, physics, chemistry, material science, biotechnology. The book covers recent advancement in nanoscience and nanotechnology particularly highlights the utilization of different types of nanomaterials in biomedical field, sensor and in the energy application. On the other hand,it leads the reader to the most significant recent developments in research. It provides a broad and in-depth coverage of the nanoscale materials and its depth significant applications. 

Chapter 1. Design and Fabrication of Nanomaterials Based Device for Pressure Sensor Applications.- Chapter 2. Graphene Oxide: Structural Updates and Enzyme Mimetic Properties for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 3. Harvesting clean energy through H2 Production using Cobalt-Boride based nano-catalyst.- Chapter 4. Plasmonic effect of Au nanoparticles deposited using spray technique on the performance of solar cell.- Chapter 5. Hollow Carbon Nano-Spheres: A Step towards Energy Applications.

Jayeeta Chattopadhyay was born in Kolkata in the year 1981. She received her Bachelor of Science with Honours in Chemistry from Bethune College, Calcutta University. She got her Master of Science in Chemistry from Devi Ahilya University, Indore (2003) and Master of Technology in Fuels and Combustion from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (2005). She obtained her Ph.D. in New Energy Engineering with best doctoral thesis award from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, S. Korea (2010). She has obtained the prestigious Fast Track Young Scientist award from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2010). She has published more than 20 research and review articles in high impact peer-reviewed international journals, and she is the owner of one international patent. She is the reviewer of more than seven high impact international journals. Her research interest includes nano-structured materials for energy applications, and thermo-degradationof solid waste materials. She also works on oscillatory chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction diffusion system. Earlier she was working as Research Scientist in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Deoghar Off-campus, Jharkhand. She is presently working in Amity University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. 

Rohit Srivastava received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He received Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Chemistry from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University Agra, India in 2010 and after that he worked as a project fellow on UGC major research project at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, in 2015, where he investigated “Self-organization and growth of nanostructured branched crystal pattern in Belousov-Zhabotinsky type chemical reactions”. Hespent more than one year as Dr. D S Kothari Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore India. He is currently working as Post-doctoral Fellow in Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, United States. He has published more than 15 research paper in high impact international journal, one book chapter and two books. He has received awards like Dr. D S Kothari Post-doc Fellowship of UGC, Govt. of India, Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship from IIT Bombay and Institute Fellowship (JRF) from BIT Mesra, Ranchi, India. He is reviewer of more than 5 international journals. His current research focus polymer encapsulated functional nanomaterial’s for biomedical applications, protein-NPs interaction, self-organization, stochastic and coherence resonance in oscillatory chemical reactions, DLA and spherulitic crystal pattern formation in non-equilibrium system, hollow sphere material synthesis and their electrocatalytic applications, electrospun based nanofiber for biosensor applications and origin of life initiative.