Biopolymeric Nanomaterials

Shamsher S Kanwar is Professor of Biotechnology and Director of IPRCC at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. His research is in the fields of microbiology, immunology/ cell culture and fermentation, with an emphasis on developing bio-products and bio-processes, for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes as an alternative to traditional antibiotics & antilipolytic drugs. Currently Dr. Kanwar has been developing anticancer therapeutics by exploring the use of microbial ribonuclease, cholesterol oxidase and L-methionase. Ashok Kumar is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. His research areas are in enzymology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, and bioenergy. 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. Dr. Swati Sharma (MSc, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan H.P. India; PhD. University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia) is Assistant Professor at University Institute of Biotechnology, the Chandigarh University Mohali, India. She worked as a visiting researcher in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. She has also worked as a program co-coordinator at the Himalayan Action Research Center (HARC), Dehradun, and Senior Research Fellow at the India Agricultural Research Institute in 2013-2014. Presently, Dr. Sharma's research is in the field of bioplastics, hydrogels, keratin nano-fibers and nano-particles, biodegradable polymers and polymers with antioxidant and anticancer activities and sponges. Dr. Swati has published numerous books and papers in various internationally reputed journals. Yassine Slimani is a Professor in the Department of Biophysics, at the Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. His areas of research include materials science, chemical engineering, environmental science, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

• PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS1. Nanobiopolymers: An introduction2. Methods for synthesis of nanobiopolymers3. Nanoscale characterizations of nanobiopolymers4. Toxicity/risk assessment of nanobiopolymers5. Degradation of nanobiopolymers6. Environmental impactsPART 2: PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOBIOPOLYMERS7. Cellulose-based nanomaterials8. Gelatin-based nanomaterials9. Chiltin-based nanomaterials10. Lignin-based nanomaterials11. Hyaluronic acid nanoparticles12. Heparin-based nanomaterials13.  Pectin-based nanomaterials14. Silk protein and its nanocomposites15. Zein nanoparticles16. Keratin nanoparticles17. Nucleic acids-based nanomaterials18. Alginate-based nanomaterials19. Biopolymer- nanoparticles hybrids20. Bionanopolymer-based hybrids