This handbook comprehensively reviews different nanomaterials and modern electrochemical approaches used in the point-of-care analysis of biomolecules. It describes the importance, significance, and application of various kinds of smart nanomaterials and their integration with modern electrochemical techniques for the point-of-care diagnosis of biologically important biomolecules. The interaction between bio-systems and nanomaterials have been discussed in this book using advanced electrochemical methods and characterizing techniques. It describes the combination of classical and modern methodologies for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles/nanoclusters and modern electrochemical techniques for the early-stage detection and point-of-care diagnosis of cancer and other infectious disease such as SARS, influenza, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis.
Finally, the book provides an accessible and readable summary of the use of nanomaterial for understanding the electrochemical reaction taking place at nano-bio interfaces in electrochemical biomolecular detection and analysis. The book bridges the gap and strengthens the relationship between electrochemists, material scientists, and biomolecular scientists who are directly or indirectly associated with the field of such point-of-care diagnostics.
About the Author: Prof. Uday Pratap Azad is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He received his B.Sc. M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Before joining GGV as Assistant Professor he worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow at Pusan National University and Yonsei University, respectively for over three years. He has also worked as National Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT(BHU) Varanasi, India. He is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships e.g. President Fellowship (South-Korea), Brain Korean Fellowship (BK-21) South-Korea, and National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (SERB, India). He has expertise in electrochemical sensors, biosensors, Fuel cells, energy storage, electrochemical water splitting, etc. His research interest includes various kinds of nanomaterials, metal complexes, metal oxides, and nanocomposites based Modified electrodes for various electroanalytical applications. He has a better understanding of nano-electrochemistry and associated as a reviewer in more than 30 peer-reviewed international journals. He has more than two years of teaching experience and more than 5 years of research experience excluding the experience gained during Ph.D. tenure. He has also published more than 35 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Prof. Pranjal Chandra is an Associate Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea and did post-doctoral training at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research focus is highly interdisciplinary, spanning a wide range in biotechnology, nanobiosensors, material engineering, and nanomedicine. He has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis for biomedical diagnostics. He is an associate editor / editorial board member of various international journals, including Scientific Reports, Sensors International, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Molecules, Frontiers in Sensors, and Green Analytical Chemistry. He is an expert member/reviewer of various national and international funding agencies. He has also been appointed as Advisor for the Biomedical Sensors Domain and Sensor Networks Systems at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Michael Faraday House, LONDON, United Kingdom. Prof. Chandra has authored over 140 high-impact publications, including research/review papers and invited book chapters and published 15 books on biosensors/medical diagnostics / material engineering. He has guided 5 Ph.D. and currently supervising 8 Ph.D. students. Prof. Chandra received many prestigious awards, coveted honors, and fellowships, such as Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society, Shakuntala Amirchand Award 2020 by the Indian Council Of Medical Research, NASI-Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture Award (2022); FSSAI Eat Right Award-2022 (Government of India); DST Ramanujan fellowship (Government of India); Early Career Research Award (ECRA) (DST, Government of India); BK -21 and NRF fellowship, South Korea; Technion Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Israel; Nano Molecular Society India Young Scientist Award; Biotech Research Society India Young Scientist Award; Young Engineers Award 2018; Highly Cited Corresponding authors in The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, London; Top 10% cited article in the General Chemistry Section RSC Journal, Cambridge, London, Gandhian Young Technology Innovation Award (GYTI) 2020, etc. Dr. Chandra is also listed among the world's top 2% scientists in 2020 and 2021 by Stanford University, USA.
