Micro- and Nanotechnology Enabled Applications for Portable Miniaturized Analytical Systems

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citationsIn addition to serving as an adjunct faculty member at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Dr. Ahmadi is an Associate Professor at Bu-Ali Sina University. He is the CEO of an analytical chemistry company and an advisor at D-8 International University. He holds approximately 6 patents and is consistently among Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists worldwide. Prof. Abbas Afkhami is a senior faculty member in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at Bu-Ali Sina University, with more than 30 years of academic experience. He has held prominent academic positions such as Chancellor of D-8 International University and Dean of the Faculty of Science. Currently, he serves on multiple journal editorial boards and is the Editor-in-Chief of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Research. Since 2008, his name has been consistently listed among the ISI Highly Cited Researchers.Prof. Madrakian is a skilled researcher in the domains of analytical bioassays, nanomaterials, and electrochemical sensors. She is ranked among the top 2% of the world's most cited scientists and has continuously appeared on the ISI Highly Cited Researchers list. She also serves as an editor for multiple journals, including Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Nanochemistry Research.Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.

• PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS1. Miniaturization: An Introduction to Miniaturized Analytical Devices2. Nanosensors and Nanodevices for Miniaturized Analysis3. Spectrometric Miniaturized Instruments4. Separation Miniaturized Instruments5. Imaging Miniaturized Instruments6. Electrochemical Miniaturized Instruments7. Biosensing and Target Isolation8. Biomotor-Driven Sensing9. Motion-Based Signal Transduction10. Flow Injection/Sequential Injection devices11. Lab-on-a-Chip Miniaturized Analytical Devices12. Smartphone Enabled Miniaturized Analytical DevicesPART 2: APPLICATIONS OF MOBILE DEVICES IN MINIATURIZED ANALYSIS13. Introduction to the Mobile Devices for Miniaturized Analysis14. Health Care Applications15. Biomedical Applications16. Environmental Applications17. Quality Control Applications18. Security/Defense Applications19. Future Perspectives