Overview
- Illustrates the production and application of nanomaterials from algae for sustainable environment
- Supplies useful information for researchers in phycology, environmental biology, therapeutics and nanobiology
- Details the ways in which algae-mediated biogenic nanoparticles are eco-friendly , cost-effective, high-yielding, speedy and energy-efficient
Part of the book series: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences (NALIS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
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Synthesis and Properties of Algal Nanomaterials
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Production of Nanomaterials and Nanoproducts from Algae
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Biomedical Applications of Algal Nanomaterials
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Industrial and Environmental Applications of Algal Nanomaterials
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About this book
Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials describes the synthesis of algal nanomaterials and its application in various fields for sustainable development. This book outlines the procedures to prepare phyconanomaterials, techniques to utilize the nanomaterials, and applications in agriculture, environment and medicine.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Devarajan Thangadurai is Associate Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of the Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India. He has authored and edited more than twenty five books with publishers of national/international reputation. He has also visited twenty four countries in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe for academic visits, scientific meetings and international collaborations.
Jeyabalan Sangeetha is Assistant Professor in Central University of Kerala at Kasaragod, Kerala, India. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Government of India for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India during 2012-2016 with funding from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. She has published more than 80 publications of research articles, book chapters and books with international publishers including Springer Nature, Switzerland, Taylor & Francis, UK and IK International, India. Her research interests are in the fields of Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Microbiology, EnvironmentalBiotechnology and Environmental Nanotechnology.
Ram Prasad is associated with Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interest includes applied microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred and fifty publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles and book chapters, and five patents issued or pending and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has 12 years of teaching experience, and he has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007), Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009), FSAB Award (2010), American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators (2014), Outstanding Scientist Award (2015), BRICPL Science Investigator Award (2017) and Research Excellence Award (2018). He has been serving as editorial board members for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Phyton - International Journal of Experimental Botany, Academia Journal of Biotechnology and Book Series Editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences by Springer Nature. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Assistant Professor, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, USA and Research Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials
Editors: Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Ram Prasad
Series Title: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81557-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81556-1Published: 01 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81559-2Published: 02 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81557-8Published: 27 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-8027
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8035
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 447
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Biological Techniques, Ecology