Diversity and Applications of New Age Nanoparticles (Advances in Chemical and Materials Engineering)

Nanoparticles are revolutionizing and helping to improve every sector including engineering, medicine, food safety, transportation, energy, and environmental science. To ensure industries take full advantage of the opportunities nanoparticles provide, further study on the advancements and challenges within the field is required.

Diversity and Applications of New Age Nanoparticles considers new developments and applications of nanoparticles and addresses the development of new materials, synthesis routes, and emerging research in this field. Covering key topics such as antibiotics, thin films, battery technologies, and composites, this premier reference source is ideal for industry professionals, computer scientists, policymakers, engineers, pharmacists, medical professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Suneev Anil Bansal has more than 15 years of diverse experience in the industry, research laboratories and academia. He has served in key positions in key projects like automobile development at Hero Motor Corp., fighter aircraft development at DRDO, and nanomaterials & manufacturing development at various universities. His research interest is in the fields of micro/nano-manufacturing, materials, 2D materials, graphene, polymer/metal composite materials, sensing, etc. He has published several research papers, holds 1 patent and has served as a subject expert for a number of journals.

Virat Khanna is an Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Maharaja Agrasen University, HP, India and has 12 years of teaching experience. He is Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Maharaja Agrasen University, HP, India. He Completed his M Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 and B Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 from I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India. His areas of research are Aluminium Metal matrix nanocomposite (Graphene, CNT, Processing technique, optimization and mathematical modelling techniques). He has published and presented more than 20 papers in Journals and conferences of national and international repute. He is also the editor of several books and conference proceedings with various international publishers like Elsevier, CRC Press, IGI Global, Bentham books etc.

Nilanthy Balakrishnan is a Lecturer in Physics at Keele University, United Kingdom, and has more than 10 years of experience in semiconductor physics and nanofabrication. Her current research interest is fundamental science and applications of 2D materials. She has extensive experience in developing and exploiting 2D materials growth, especially for optoelectronics, ferroelectrics, and thermoelectrics. She obtained her BSc Hons degree in Physics from the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 2008, MSc by Research, and PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom in 2012 and 2015, respectively. She has published 16 research articles in high-profile journals and given talks at 12 major international conferences, including 2 keynote and 2 invited talks. The success of her research was recognised by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Young Scientist Award in 2012. Also, She received more than £200k value of research grants and scholarships from various professional bodies and funding agencies.

Pallav Gupta is presently working as an Assistant Professor (Grade-II) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida (INDIA). He completed his B.Tech. (Honors) from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, INDIA in the year 2009, Qualified GATE in 2009 with AIR-3291 and then completed his M.Tech. (Honors) from I.I.T. (B.H.U.), INDIA in the year 2011 followed by Ph.D. in the year 2015 from I.I.T.(B.H.U.), INDIA. His area of research includes Material Processing; Composite Materials; Mechanical Behaviour and Corrosion. He also has a good command over teaching subjects like Material Science; Engineering Materials; Manufacturing Processes; Measurement and Metrology; Composite Materials. Dr. Gupta has over 08 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer reviewed international journals as well as in reputed international and national conferences in India as well as in abroad. Apart from this he has also published 12 chapters in books published by Springer, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Gupta has edited 03 books and has also authored a textbook on “Manufacturing Processes” (IP Innovative Publication Pvt. Ltd.). He has been granted 01 Australian Patent. A large number of students have completed their Summer Internships, B.Tech. Projects and M.Tech. Dissertations under his guidance. 03 scholars have completed and 05 are presently registered for their Ph.D. research work under his Supervision.