Nanomaterials and Point of Care Technologies

Point of Care (POC) diagnostic devices are predominantly used for the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases. To make these technologies scalable for manufacturing, user-friendly, inexpensive, sensitive, and rapid, a combination of such devices with nanomaterials is required. This book deals with new emerging fields such as POC technologies, advanced nanotheranostics using nanomaterials, technologies, and applications in diagnosis. In the book, current advances for the application of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and magnetic nanoparticles in POC devices and future directions are reviewed.

The book:

• Presents a comprehensive account of needs and challenges of point-of-care diagnostics.
• Describes the fundamentals of rationale of nanomaterials as remarkable building blocks for biosensing.
• Discusses development of critical diagnosis in point of care systems.
• Deals with the advantages of nanomaterial-based sensing strategies.
• Illustrates the challenges and breakthroughs of technologies for cost-efficient biosensing platform.

The book is aimed at researchers and professionals in nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.

Dr. Sushma Dave received Master of Science and PhD in Analytical, Electrochemistry and Environmental Chemistry from Biosensor Lab in Chemistry Department of Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur .She has also completed her bachelors of Law. She is involved continuously in the field of higher education teaching Pure, Applied Chemistry, Cheminformatics, Nanotechnology, Electrochemistry, Biology, Solid waste management, Waste water treatment and Environmental chemistry to students of Engineering and basic sciences . She also served as Research Associate in Soil Bio Chemistry and Microbiology Division CAZRI, Jodhpur. Currently she is working as an Associate Professor and Head (administration) in Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mogra, Jodhpur Rajasthan India. She has published and presented over 50papers in international and national journals, conferences and participated in various workshops and training programs. Her areas of interest are Electrochemistry, Biosensors Environmental science, Nanotechnology, biochemistry, Cheminformatics, Immunoinformatics and Drug repurposing. She has edited books and published a number of chapters with Elsevier and Springer. Currently working on a funded project in novel materials for environmental remediation, Biosensor development and drug repurposing of new drugs for infectious diseases.

Dr. Jayashankar Das is a young and dynamic technocrat and researcher from India dedicated himself towards the development of an ecosystem of Science and Technology with strong Academia-Industry linkages. In his early career, he was a goldmedalist in Masters in Biotechnology and also recipient of honorary gold medal from former president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in excellence in Biotechnology. He received his PhD in Biotechnology and served as a Scientist at IBSD, DBT, Government of India. He is the founder and CEO of a business portfolio named ＂Valnizen＂ which deals with regulatory documents and healthcare compliances and support services to African and southeast Asian countries. He has served as Joint Director to Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, DST, Government of Gujarat and Joint Director to Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, DST, Govt. of Gujarat. Development of key policies to drive the translational research and innovation in the globe is his major agenda. He has been served as Director, Savli Technology Business Incubator, DST, GoG, India. He was actively involved in development and implementation of various policies and action plans like Biotechnology policy, Innovation policy, Interpole disaster management policy, start up policy for many Universities and Government. Last but not the least he has been member in advisory and governing bodies of many Universities, Institutions and Govt.departments including many Startup companies. In addition to Senior advisor to OSPF-NIAS, IISc Bangalore, Also, his research team is involved in addressing societal challenges via cutting-edge research viz. development of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases, development of universal vaccine candidate for emerging disease, development of miRNA based targeted therapeutics, Artificial intelligence in healthcare applications, etc.

Dr Mika Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D. Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University, where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. He has published more than 850 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Green Chemistry, Journal of Catalysis, Bioresource Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Mass Spectrometry Reviews, Chemical Engineering Journal and Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Having an h-index of 89, his publications have been cited over 40 000 times (Google Scholar). Also, he has been invited as an external examiner and opponent of several adjunct professorships and doctoral degrees and participated in the evaluation of research proposals in over 10 countries. He has supervised over 50 PhDs and been a reviewer in over 250 academic journals, many of which are top-ranked in their fields. He has received numerous awards for research and innovation. For example, he is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his ＂significant contributions, outstanding achievements and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse＂. In 2011, he was invited to act as a Principal Scientific Reviewer in the GEO-5 report of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In 2012, he received Tapani Järvinen Environmental Technology Award and Publication Award of the University. In 2014, he received the Science Award of the Lappeenranta University of Technology and Pro Mikkeli Award. In 2018, he was invited as a Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters and Academy of Technical Sciences. He also received Literature award from the Water Association of Finland in 2018. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, he was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters.