Nanozymes: Approachable Bio-applications (Micro and Nano Technologies)

Nanozymes: Approachable Bio-applications provides an in-depth overview of nanozymes, with a special focus on nanozymes synthesis and their various applications in biological sciences. The book starts with introductory chapters exploring the enzymatic mechanism of nanozymes and providing the concept of engineering to surface modification to achieve enhanced nanozymatic properties. Subsequent chapters focus on the application of nanozymes in many different fields, including biomedical science, agriculture, environmental science and more.This work is an important reference source for worldwide materials scientists and researchers interested on the resent developments, challenges, and future directions of nanozymes research.

• Highlights recent developments and future directions of nanozymes research for readers across multidisciplinary fields
• Features a broad range of applications of nanozymes, from environmental monitoring to therapeutic applications
• Includes numerous illustrations to help readers easily understand the role of nanozymes-based tools in different areas

Dr Ravi Mani Tripathi is an Associate Professor at Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. He received his Ph.D. in Nanobiotechnology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India. He did his post-doctoral research at School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, and received the young scientist award in 2019 from the International Scientist award on Engineering, Science, and Medicine, Visakhapatnam, India. He has 15 years of teaching and research experience in Nanobiotechnology. He developed an innovative method for the biological synthesis of nanomaterials like particles, nanodots, flowers, rods, fibres, etc. and has vast expertise in the fields of antimicrobial nanomedicine, colorimetric detection, and catalytic/photocatalytic degradation of toxic pollutants.

Dr Ramesh Namdeo Pudake is an Assistant Professor in Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr Pudake received his PhD from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, and after his PhD he engaged in research in a range of topics in biotechnology. He has also worked in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University Ames, IA, USA on functional genomics. Currently he is focusing on the research of different nanotechnology applications in agriculture. Dr Pudake has published several book chapters and articles in prominent Journals.

Dr. Peng Huang is a Distinguished Professor, Chief of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Theranostics (LET), and Director of the Department of Molecular Imaging, at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012. He then joined the Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2015, he moved to Shenzhen University as a Distinguished Professor. His research focuses on molecular imaging, nanomedicine, and theranostics. Dr. Huang was ranked in the top 1% of the highly cited authors community of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2020 and 2021 and selected as the 2020 and 2021 Global Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field by Clarivate.

Dr. Nesrin Horzum studied chemistry at the Pamukkkale University, Turkey, in 2004. She did her M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies in the Department of Chemistry at the Izmir Institute of Technology. She received her doctoral degree in 2013 from the Izmir Institute of Technology, with a thesis about the applications of electrospun nanofibers in filtration processes. During her Ph.D., she joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in 2011 as a visiting scholar, investigating colloid electrospinning and surface functionalization of electrospun nanofibers. In 2014, she joined the group of Prof. Bo Liedberg at the Nanyang Technological University, where she worked at Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science on paper-based sensing platforms. She is now Associate Professor in the Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Turkey. Her current research interests include filtration and sensing applications of polymeric and hybrid nanofibers, as well as smartphone-based sensors for water quality monitoring and glucose detection.