Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery

Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience across various countries. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, and “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community. Dr. Surender Singh is a Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has been a faculty member of pharmacology for more than thirty-two years of which seventeen years he has worked at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has authored ten books, and over 140 scientific papers in indexed journals; he has completed over 35 research projects funded by different research funding Government agencies e.g., JSPS, UCL, ICMR, DST, DBT, UGC, AIIMS, AYUSH. Dr Singh is the recipient of many awards, including the ICMR for Biomedical Research, 2017. He has made significant contributions in the field of pharmacotherapy of inflammatory disorders, as well as the application of nanotechnologies for use in drug delivery. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), India, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom, Fellow of International Medical Science Academy, India (FIMSA) and Fellow of Institution of Chemists (FIC), India.

• 1. History, introduction and types of quantum dots2. Synthesis methods of quantum dots3. Characterizations of quantum dots4. Quantum dots for enhanced anticancer drug delivery5. Quantum dots as an advanced nano system for cancer theranostics6. Quantum dots in photodynamic therapy7. Quantum dots for enhanced antibacterial performance8. Quantum dots for enhanced wound healing9. Quantum dots for anti-diabetic drugs delivery10. Quantum dots for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders11. Quantum dots in vaccination and immunization12. Carbon quantum dots in drug delivery13. Functionalized quantum dots in drug delivery14. Hybrid quantum dots in drug delivery15. Bioinspired quantum dots in drug delivery16. Quantum dots in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis17. Safety, toxicity, pre-clinical and clinical aspects of quantum dots18. Future prospects and concluding remarks of quantum dots