Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Fabrication and Development

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Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Fabrication and Development provides an in-depth review of nanotechnological advancements in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract bacterial infections and related health issues. Functionalized nanomaterials and their processes are covered, along with the theory and fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystems. The potential applications of antimicrobial nanosystems are also discussed along with their challenges and commercialization. This book discusses the most frequent problems caused by resistant microorganisms and difficult-to-treat bacteria and highlights the impact of recently developed antimicrobial nanosystems. Various methodsto obtain efficient nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties are described, along with their advantages, challenges, and main applications. The design of targeting antimicrobial therapeutics, able to specifically detect pathogenic microorganisms and to act in a very specific manner, is thoroughly investigated. - Discusses the most frequent problems caused by resistant microorganisms and difficult-to-treat bacteria - Includes various methods to obtain efficient nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties that are described along with their advantages, challenges and main applications - Covers the ability of microbes to adapt and select resistance, a major challenge in the design of alternative antimicrobial agents - Provides various sections that illustrate the fabrication and development of antimicrobial nanosystems

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Kabali Vijai Anand, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, INDIA. His research interests are mainly focused on the Preparation and Characterization of Advanced Functional Nanomaterials including Nanoparticles, Quantum Dots, Thin Films and Nanocomposites for Energy, Environmental, Optoelectronics, Biomedical, Agriculture and Sensor Applications. Dr. K. Vijai Anand is the recipient of various Awards, Medals and Prizes. He is acting as Editorial Board member as well as Potential Peer Reviewer in various reputed International Journals. He has published more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed International Journals published by Elsevier, Springer Science, Taylor & Francis, John Wiley & Sons, American Scientific Publishers, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), World Scientific Publishers etc. with High Impact Factor. He has presented his research work in various National and International Conferences in India, Singapore and South Korea.

Professor Shadpour Mallakpour, organic polymer chemist, graduated from chemistry department, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. in 1984. He spent two years as post-doc at UF. He joint to the department of chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran, since 1986. He held several positions such as chairman of department of chemistry and deputy of research, department of chemistry at IUT. From 1994-1995 he worked as visiting professor, University of Mainz, Germany and from 2003-2004 as visiting professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA. Now he has published more than 900 journal papers and book chapters and more than 440 conference papers and got more than 40 items of awards. The most important award to him was given for the selection of first laureate on fundamental research, at 21st Khwarizmi International award in 2008. He is listed as the Top 1% Scientists in Chemistry in ISI Essential Science Indicators Since 2003. He was selected as academic guest of the 59th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, 2009, at Lindau, Germany. He presented many lectures as invited or keynote speaker in different national and international conferences or universities. He was member of organizing and scientific committees for many national and international conferences. He was also the chairperson of many national and international meetings. In recent year he focused on the preparation and characterization of polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties under green conditions using ionic liquids and microwave irradiation as new technology and bringing these aspects towards nanotechnology for the preparation of novel chiral bionanocomposite polymers as well as polymer nanocomposities for hazardous materials removal technologies.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 150 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.

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