Nanomaterials and Environmental Biotechnology

Dr. Indu Bhushan Sharma, working as Assistant Professor in the School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience at University level. His area of research is focused toward Isolation and Purification of Industrial important Microbial Enzymes, Fermentation, Biotransformation and Nanotechnology. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed SCI & high Impact Factor Journals. He is Associate Editor of the Journal 3 Biotech and Annals of Biotechnology and also reviewer of many reputed Journals. He is life member of the Biotech Research Society of India, Society of Biologists, Annual member of Indian Science Congress and Danish Microbiological Society. He did his Ph.D in Biochemistry from IIIM-CSIR, Jammu and Kurukshetra University, Haryana (India). Dr. Sharma is also recipients of prestigious “Raman Fellowship” awarded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India for the year2015-16 for Post-Doctoral Research in Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.  Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh, joined Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in 2008 as Assistant Professor of Physics under Faculty of Sciences. Dr. Singh completed his D. Phil. in 2010 from University of Allahabad under the esteemed supervision of Prof. A.K. Rai, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad. In last decade, Dr. Singh worked extensively on applications of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for the study of several biological specimens (gallstones, kidney stones, teeth, bones etc). His research interests are in the area of Laser and Spectroscopy. His current research interests include multi-spectroscopy studies of biological samples, organic samples, medicinal plant samples, agricultural samples and food products etc. Trace and heavy metal determination in bio samples, food products (for qualitycheck), and medicinal plant samples are the major thrust areas of Dr. Singh. He is also working in field of Nano-science and Nano-technology for its application to plants and in other areas too. He has published more than 60 International research papers and reviews articles in renowned International Journals with good impact factor. He is also life member of several academic and professional societies. Dr. Singh is also recipients of  “UGC- Raman Fellowship for the year 2015-16 for Post-Doctoral Research in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) operated by University of California, Berkley, USA.  Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, is working as Assistant Professor, in the Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh. He did M. Sc and Ph. D in Botany. He has published many research papers in reputed journals with high impact factor and in editorial board member teams of many International journals. He is also life member of several academic and professional societies.

• Preface.- Nanoparticles and Plant Interaction with Respect to Stress Response.- Nanoencapsulation technology: Boon to food packaging industries.- Ecotoxicity of Metallic Nanoparticles and Possible Strategies for Risk Assessment.- Tripartite Interaction among Nanoparticles, Symbiotic Microbes and Plants; Current Scenario and Future Perspectives.- Effect of nanoparticles on plant growth and physiology and soil microbes.- Recent Trends and Advancement towards Phyto-Mediated Fabrication of Noble Metallic Nanomaterials: Focus on Silver, Gold, Platinum and Palladium.- Development of environmental biosensors for detection, monitoring and assessment.- Nano-based materials and their synthesis.- Nano based composites and their synthesis.- Appraisal of chitosan-based nanomaterials in enzyme immobilization and probiotics encapsulation.- Nano based drug delivery tools for personalized nanomedicine.- Nano-technology as Potential and Innovative Platform towards Waste Water Treatment: An Overview.- Solid lipid nanoparticles.- Nanotechnology Applications and Synthesis of Graphene as nanomaterial for nanoelectronics.- Efficiency enhancement of renewable energy systems using nanotechnology.- Waste Water and Industrial Effluent Treatment by using Nanotechnology.- Biomolecular and cellular manipulation and detection (Nanofluidics, Micro- and Nanotechnologies in Integrative Biology).- Bio-based Nano-lubricants for Sustainable Manufacturing.- Nano materials used for delivery of bioactive.- Efficacy of nano-phytochemicals over pure phytochemicals against various cancers: Current trends and future prospects.- Index.

“I consider this book to be a positive contribution to the biotechnology literature … . This book is a positive addition to the biotechnology reference bookshelf.” (Martin Hayes, Johnson Matthey Technology Review, Vol. 64 (4), 2020)