The Era of Nanotechnology: Emergence and Essentials

This book presents a broad overview of the field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and delivers examples of applications in various fields. It offers a basic to advanced level study of the emerging, developing, and growing nanotechnology field by highlighting the key fundamentals and application of advanced nanotechnology in real-life applications.

The book looks at nanotechnology applications in a variety of fields, including health care, pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery, nanomedicine, renewable energy, and more. The chapters offer some realistic examples and the latest research in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

With chapters written by internationally recognized experts that describe developments in the field of nanotechnology and nanostructured materials, this volume will provide a valuable resource for all involved in the study related to nanotechnology.

Cherry Bhargava, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, India. She has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience. She has authored about 50 technical research papers in SCI- and Scopus-indexed journals and national/international conference proceedings. She is also an active reviewer and editorial member of numerous prominent journals. She has 19 books to her credit. She has registered six copyrights and filed 21 Indian patents, and four Australian innovation patents have been granted to her. She is a recipient of various national and international awards for being an outstanding faculty in engineering and an excellent researcher.

Pardeep Kumar Sharma, PhD, is Associate Professor at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience in the field of applied chemistry, experimental analysis, design of experiments, and reliability prediction. He has authored about 20 research papers in SCI and Scopus-indexed quality journals and national/international conference proceedings. He has six books to his credit in the field of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. He has filed 18 Indian patents and registered two copyrights. Four Australian innovation patents have been granted to him. He is a recipient of various national and international awards.

Amit Sachdeva, PhD, is Associate Professor at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar. Punjab, India, where he is also charged with coordinating the faculty development programs with academia-industry interface. He has teaching experience of more than seven years, and his field of specialization is materials technology. Dr. Sachdeva has authored around 20 technical research papers in SCI and Scopus-indexed quality journals and at national and international conferences. He is also an editorial member of various journals and is a lifetime member of the International Association of Engineers and the Institute for Engineering Research and Publication.