Handbook of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials

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.Dr. Sarathchandran C is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was previously Scientist (Contract) at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India S.A Ilangovan is Deputy Director at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in the Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, India. Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján studied chemistry and obtained its PhD in Chemistry at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and as of July 1995 he is linked to the chemistry department of the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Obtaining a Magna Cum Laude grade both in his undergraduate thesis as well as in his PhD thesis. He is Director of the Porous Solids and Calorimetry research group. His area of interest is calorimetry applied to the characterization of porous solids, which he uses in the characterization of special materials. He designs and builds his own calorimeters in particular immersion and adsorption calorimeters. He has more than 350 publications on thermodynamics to his name

• Preface1. Introduction to carbon2. Fullerenes and their applications3. Carbon nano-onions: Synthesis, characterization, and application 4. Nanodiamonds: From synthesis to applications5. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene quantum dots6. Carbon nanotubes7. Applications of carbon nanotubes8. Biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes9. Carbon nanoflakes and nanofibers10. 2D carbon graphdiyne: Fundamentals and applications11. Graphene: The magic material12. Biomedical applications of graphene13. Graphitic carbon nitride: Synthesis and characterization14. Graphitic carbon nitride: Applications15. Modified graphitic carbon nitride: Synthesis, characterization, and applications: A comparative study16. Transition metal carbide—MXene17. Carbon nanospheres18. Carbon aerogels: Synthesis, properties, and applications19. Activated carbon: Synthesis, properties, and applications20. Biocompatibility and biomedical applications of various carbon-based materialsIndex