Preface Sandeep Kumar Verma and Ashok Kumar Das 1. Biosynthesis of nanoparticles and their roles in numerous areas Selvakani Prabakaran and Mariappan Rajan 2. Green synthesized nanoparticles: Physicochemical properties and mode of antimicrobial activities Mala Thapa and Samrat Roy Choudhury 3. Antimicrobial activities of biosynthesized nanomaterials M. Sathishkumar, S. Geethalakshmi, M. Saroja, M. Venkatachalam and P. Gowthaman 4. Green synthesized nanoparticles: Classification, synthesis, characterization, and applications Vivekshinh Kshtriya, Bharti Koshti and Nidhi Gour 5. Nanoparticles and nanofibers based on tree gums: Biosynthesis and applications Vinod V.T. Padil, Ehsan Nazarzadeh Zare, Pooyan Makvandi and Miroslav Cerník 6. Nanomaterials synthesized by biosurfactants Xanel Vecino, Lorena Rodríguez-López, Myriam Rincón-Fontán, José M. Cruz and Ana B. Moldes 7. Comparison of chemically and biologically synthesized nanoparticles for the production of secondary metabolites, and growth and development of plants Rabia Javed, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Ayesha Gul, Taswar Ahsan and Mumtaz Cheema 8. Plant derived nanoparticles and their biotechnological applications Madan L. Verma, B.S. Dhanya, Meenu Thakur, J. Jeslin and Asim K. Jana 9. Biosynthesized/green-synthesized nanomaterials as potential vehicles for delivery of antibiotics/drugs Sivaraj Mehnath, Ashok Kumar Das, Sandeep Kumar Verma and Murugaraj Jeyaraj 10. Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles: An integrated perspective of green synthesis methods by natural products and waste valorisation; applications and challenges Karina Torres-Rivero, Julio Bastos-Arrieta, Núria Fiol and Antonio Florido 11. Biosynthesized nanoparticles (gold, silver and platinum): Therapeutic role in angiogenesis Shagufta Haque and Chitta Ranjan Patra 12. Therapeutic applications of carbon nanodots synthesized from green (re)sources Athanasia Kasouni, Theodoros Chatzimitakos and Constantine Stalikas 13. Biosynthesis and antifungal activities of CuO and Al2O3 nanoparticles Henam Sylvia Devi, Muzaffar Ahmad Boda, Seemim Rubab, Shazia Parveen, Abdul Hamid Wani and M.A. Shah 14. Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles and their therapeutic applications Anjana K Vala, Hiral Trivedi, Haren Gosai, Haresh Panseriya and Bharti Dave 15. Green synthesized silver nanoparticles and their therapeutic applications Samson Oluwagbemiga Alayande, Anuoluwa Abimbola Akinsiku, Oyesolape Basirat Akinsipo (Oyelaja), Esther Oluwasayo Ogunjinmi and Enock Olugbenga Dare 16. Green synthesized silver nanoparticles and their use in optical detection of deterioration in onions Alayande S.O., Kolawole O.E., Adeseluka T.V.,Ogunjinmi O. E., Adeoye A.E., Ajenifuja E. , Ofudje A. and Fasasi A.Y. 17. Biosynthesized nanoparticles derived from marine habitat and their interactions with plants Hiral Trivedi, Ashok Kumar Das, Sandeep Kumar Verma, Harengiri Gosai, Anjana K Vala and Bharti P Dave
Dr. Verma has been working as an Associate Professor & Head in the Institute of Biological Science, SAGE University, Indore, India. He has more than 15 years' research and teaching experience in the field of biotechnology in India, Italy, South Korea, Turkey and he has published more than 50 papers in SCI journals to date. He is a recognized expert in the use of biotechnology, molecular biology, and nanotechnology techniques, giving many invited talks and presented papers at international conferences and symposia around the world. He has undergone an advanced training course on "A practical course in mammalian cell biology (MAM-TUBITAK, Turkey), "RNA structure and function (ICGEB, Italy), and "Quorum sensing in plant-associated bacteria (ICGEB, Italy). Furthermore, he has received two best oral paper presentation awards in national conferences and one young scientist award in international conference. Besides, he has also received a memento for scientific achievement from the Rector, BAIBU, Bolu, Turkey. He is a reviewer of many international peer reviewed journals.
Over the last 35 years, Dr. Ashok Kumar Das has earned wide ranging research experience in diverse fields including emulsions, dispersions, electrolytes, polymers, gas hydrates, targeted drug delivery using dendrimers, water harvesting technology, suspension rheology and development of nanomaterials. His current researches focus on plant-nanoparticle interactions and developing computational models for harvesting solar energy. He is also actively pursuing in the preparation of model drug-dendrimer nanoconjugates to be used as nanomedicines in the fight against various diseases. Dr. Das has acquired extensive research and teaching experience in India, Canada, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and Ethiopia. For several of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) journals, Dr. Das regularly serves as an adjudicative reviewer.