Biopolymeric Nanomaterials
Fundamentals and Applications
Micro and Nano Technologies Series

Coordinators: Kanwar Shamsher S., Nadda Ashok Kumar, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Sharma Swati, Slimani Yassine

Language: English

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Biopolymeric Nanomaterials: Fundamentals and Applications outlines the fundamental design concepts and emerging applications of biopolymeric nanomaterials. The book also provides information on emerging applications of biopolymeric nanomaterials, including in biomedicine, manufacturing and water purification, as well as assessing their physical, chemical and biological properties. This is an important reference source for materials scientists, engineers and biomedical scientists who are seeking to increase their understanding of how polymeric nanomaterials are being used for a range of biomedical and industrial applications.

Biopolymeric nanomaterials refer to biocompatible nanomaterials, consisting of biopolymers, such as protein (silk, collagen, gelatin, ß-casein, zein, and albumin), protein-mimicked polypeptides and polysaccharides (chitosan, alginate, pullulan, starch, and heparin). Biopolymeric nanomaterials may be used as i) delivery systems for bioactive compounds in food application, (ii) for delivery of therapeutic molecules (drugs and genes), or for (iii) tissue engineering.

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS 1. Nanobiopolymers: An introduction 2. Methods for synthesis of nanobiopolymers 3. Nanoscale characterizations of nanobiopolymers 4. Toxicity/risk assessment of nanobiopolymers 5. Degradation of nanobiopolymers 6. Environmental impacts

PART 2: PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOBIOPOLYMERS 7. Cellulose-based nanomaterials 8. Gelatin-based nanomaterials 9. Chiltin-based nanomaterials 10. Lignin-based nanomaterials 11. Hyaluronic acid nanoparticles 12. Heparin-based nanomaterials 13.  Pectin-based nanomaterials 14. Silk protein and its nanocomposites 15. Zein nanoparticles 16. Keratin nanoparticles 17. Nucleic acids-based nanomaterials 18. Alginate-based nanomaterials 19. Biopolymer- nanoparticles hybrids 20. Bionanopolymer-based hybrids

Shamsher S Kanwar is Professor of Biotechnology and Director of IPRCC at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. His research is in the fields of microbiology, immunology/ cell culture and fermentation, with an emphasis on developing bio-products and bio-processes, for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes as an alternative to traditional antibiotics & antilipolytic drugs. Currently Dr. Kanwar has been developing anticancer therapeutics by exploring the use of microbial ribonuclease, cholesterol oxidase and L-methionase.
Ashok Kumar is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. His research areas are in enzymology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, and bioenergy.
Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.
Dr. Swati Sharma (MSc, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan H.P. India; PhD. University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia) is Assistant Professor at University Institute of Biotechnology, the Chandigarh University Mohali, India. She worked as a visiting researcher in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. She has also worked as a program co-coordinator at the Himalayan Action Research Center (HARC), Dehradun, and Senior Research Fellow at the India Agricultural Research Institute in 2013-2014. Presently, Dr. Sharma's research is in the field of bioplastics, hydrogels, keratin nano-fibers and nano-particles, biodegradable polymers and polymers with a
  • Provides information on the design concepts and synthesis of biopolymeric nanomaterials in biomedical and industrial applications
  • Highlights the major properties and processing methods for biopolymeric nanomaterials
  • Assesses the major challenges of producing biopolymeric nanomaterials on an industrial scale