Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Technologies: Challenges and New Prospects

Advanced materials exhibiting novel properties with increased functionality are the future of technology. These materials have the potential to improve people’s quality of life as well as to make affordable sustainable materials a reality. The book details advanced novel materials for applications in frontier areas, discussing perovskites as promising materials for the future technology. It also discusses synthesis protocols for the design and development of some novel materials, spinel material synthesis and its structural analysis, green synthesis of metal oxides, the property profiles of the materials for behavioral change, and more.

Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD, is currently a Research and Technical Advisor at Filantrofia Sarvada CleanTech Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India. Dr. Kulkarni has been a senior academician and researcher for more than four decades. He has delivered invited lectures and conducted sessions at national and international conferences as well as faculty development programs. He has guided many major and minor projects in the subject areas such as engineering chemistry, green chemistry, nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, catalysis, chemical engineering materials, industrial organization, and management. He has published over 100 research papers in national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has authored 45 book chapters in books published by CRC, Springer Nature, Apple Academic Press, Elsevier, Wiley, and IET. He has edited twelve books published by Apple Academic Press/CRC Press and Springer Nature. Another ten books are in the offing. He authored four textbooks in engineering chemistry. Dr Kulkarni possesses MSc, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Chemistry in addition to master’s degrees in Economics, Business Management, and Political Science. He has expertise in the fields of materials science, green chemistry and engineering, analytical chemistry, and green nanoscience and nanotechnology. He also has expertise in wastewater treatment, green and analytical chemistry, and advanced areas in chemical engineering and materials science.

Vipul Srivastava, PhD (Physics), is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India, where he is involved in both teaching and research. His current areas of interest are materials science, condensed matter physics, electronic structure calculations, density functional theory, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics, Heusler alloys, and perovskites materials. He has a total of 21 years of research and teaching experience. He has handled three research projects funded by the Government of India. He has published over 100 research articles. His h-index is 20. He has attended more than 50 conferences in India and abroad and has organized many workshops, seminars, and conferences. He is an active reviewer for more than 30 indexed journals in physics, such as the International Journal of Energy Research, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Energy Storage, Chemical Physics Letters, Ceramics International, etc. In 2020, he was awarded a research excellence award and in 2021, a research appreciation award by his university. He received a Young Scientist Award from the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2005. He earned his BSc (Physics), MSc (App. Physics), and PhD (Physics).

Rabah Khenata, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Mustapha Stambouli, Mascara, Algeria. In addition, he is Head of the Laboratory of Quantum Physics of Matter and Mathematical Modelling (LPQ3M). He was nominated in 2020 as the vice rector of the external relations at Mascara University. He was elected as a founding member of the Algerian Academy of Sciences and Technologies. He has directed or co-directed 15 master’s and 16 doctorate theses with more than 20 research projects completed. He has published over 570 peer-reviewed scientific publications in international journals (with over 12500 citations and H-index of 57 on Google Scholar and 54 on ResearchGate). To date, he has participated in more than 40 national and international conferences. He has edited a research book titled Recent Advances in Novel Materials for Future Spintronics (2019). He was recognized by the President of the Algerian Republic (Lagouat-2011) for his research excellence and received the Scopus Prize (Algiers, 2013) for the same. His main scientific work is focused on the study of mechanical, magnetic, optoelectronic, thermodynamic, and thermoelectric properties of the crystalline materials with potential for applications in diverse sectors. He received his engineering degree in Electronics and his master’s degree in Physics (Materials Science) from the University of Sidi Bel- Abbès Djilali Liabès, Algeria. He was awarded a PhD degree at the Faculty of Sciences from the same university and was promoted to the rank of Professor.

Prof. Dr. Yarub Al-Douri, PhD, is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Dr. Al-Douri is a winner of the prestigious Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation 2024. He initiated the Nanotechnology Engineering MSc Program and Nano Computing Laboratory. He has received numerous accolades including winner of an IAAM Scientist Award by the International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden 2022; World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020; World’s Top 2% Scientist Career-Long Citation Impact by Stanford University, USA 2020; OeAD Award, Austria 2020; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award 2019; Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Award 2019; among others, totaling 75 awards. Dr. Al-Douri is Associate Editor of Nano-Micro Letters (Q1, IF=31.6, Springer), Editor-in-Chief of Experimental and Theoretical Nanotechnology, and Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering. His research field focuses on nanotechnology, renewable energy, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials, modelling and simulation, semiconductors, and optical studies. Dr. Al-Douri is a public figure in the international media in the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar, and UAE. Dr. Al-Douri has more than 860 publications including citations