CRC Press Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications

Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications gives insight into the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing the natural routes. It demonstrates various strategies for the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing plants, microscopic organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae and so forth. It orchestrates interdisciplinary hypothesis, ideas, definitions, models and discoveries associated with complex cell of the prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Highlights: Discusses biological approach towards the nanoparticle synthesis Describes the role of nanotechnology in the field of medicine and its medical devices Covers application and usage of the chemicals at the molecular level to act as catalysts and binding products for both organic and inorganic Chemical Reactions Reviews application in physics such as solar cells, photovoltaics and other usage Microorganisms can aggregate and detoxify substantial metals because of different reductase enzymes, which can diminish metal salts to metal nanoparticles. The readers after going through this book will have detailed account of mechanism of bio-synthesis of nanoparticles. About the Author Dr. L. Karthik is presently an Assistant Professor in Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He is an elected member of Linnean Society of London. He received his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology from the VIT University in 2013. As a PhD fellow at the VIT, he has gained valuable experience in marine actinobacteria diversity and its secondary metabolite potential. During his PhD research, Dr. L. Karthik isolated and characterized the protease inhibitors from marine actinobacteria. He made the intriguing discovery of the protease inhibitor and gold nanoparticles for antimalarial treatment. This observation suggests that, in the future it could be considered as a new antimalarial drug. In his first postdoctoral training at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2015–2017), he was involved in a project titled “Activation cryptic gene from sponge associated marine actinobacteria” under the guidance of eminent scientist Prof. Zhiyong Li. In order to extend his expertise in the synthetic biology strategies for activating cryptic gene from marine actinobacteria, he was pleased to accept a postdoctoral fellow position in East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) (2017-2019). His interest, as a postdoctoral fellow at ECUST, is to understand the In Vitro CRISPR/Cpf1mediated BAC cloning of large biosynthetic gene cluster to activate cryptic genes under the guidance of eminent scientist Prof. Lixin Zhang. He has published 58 research papers in international and national peer-reviewed journals (Nanomedicine, PLOS ONE, Parasitology Research) (H-index: 18). He is a reviewer in several reputed journals. He is a life member in IAAM, Chemical Biology Society, European Society of Nanomedicine, Indian Association of Parasitology, International Society for Applied Life Sciences and Communication committee member of International Chemical Biology Society. In 2016, he received the Prestigious “Young Scientist Award” from the Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists for his outstanding research work and he also received the Best Research Scholar Award – 2012 from VIT University. He received the 200 young scientist – 2012 fellowship (DST) to attend the international conference.   Dr. A. Vishnu Kirthi  is currently works as a Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at the National Centre for Nanotechnology and Nanosciences, University of Mumbai, Mumbai. He has extensive expertise in Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Strategies. His research interests are multidisciplinary and include Micro/ Nanobiotechnology, Nano-toxicology, Environmental Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, and Nanoemulsions. He has distinguished memberships in the Green Chemistry Network, European Society of Nanomedicine, International Society for Environmental Inform