Colloidal Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.Anu Sunny is a Research Scholar at the School of Chemical Sciences at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She has a PhD in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University and wrote a thesis on the topic ‘Synthesis, characterization and physico-chemical studies of copper oxide and calcium phosphate based epoxy nanocomposites.’ She has written articles and book chapters on metal oxide nanoparticles. Prajitha Velayudhan is currently working as Research Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Her research focuses on self assembling of nanomaterials such as nanosilica, graphene oxide, nanocomposites, rubber nanocomposites etc.

• Part I. Fundamentals of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals1. Physics and chemistry of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications to nanotechnologies and microsystems2. Surface chemistry, modification, and engineering of colloidal nanocrystals3. Nanosecond pulsed laser ablation to synthesize ternary alloy colloidal nanoparticlesPart II. Formation, stabilization and characterization of colloidal nanocrystals4. Aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals5. Non-aqueous methods for the synthesis of colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals6. Green synthesis protocols7. Colloidal core-shell metal oxide nanocrystals and their applications8. Colloidal multinary metal oxides9. Features of colloidal nanocrystal characterizationPart III: Applications of colloidal metal oxides10. Colloidal metal oxides in biomedical applications11. Colloidal metal oxides in energy technologies12. Colloidal metal oxides in electronics and optoelectronics13. Colloidal metal oxide nanocrystals in catalysis14. Environmental remediation15. Aerogels and their applications16. Colloidal oxide-based heterostructured nanocrystals17. Metal Oxides for Energy Applications18. Colloidal magnetic metal oxide nano crystals and their applications in sustained drug release