Carbon dots : next-generation materials for biomedical applications / edited by Ravindra Pratap Singh, Raju Khan, Jay Singh, Kshitij R.B. Singh.

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]

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Professor Ravindra Pratap Singh is an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University. He has authored over 55 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, more than 30 book chapters and has more than 20 years' experience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr. Raju Khan is a principal scientist at the Microfluidics & MEMS Centre, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute. After receiving his PhD in physical chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, in 2005 he worked as a fast-track young scientist at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Govt. of India. Professor Jay Singh is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. In 2010 he received his PhD in polymer science from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology and has published over 80 international research papers. Mr. Kshitij RB Singh is a postgraduate in biotechnology from Indira Gandhi National Tribal University. He has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications to his credit, has edited five books, and has authored more than 20 book chapters published by internationally reputed publishers, namely Elsevier, RSC, IOP Publishing, Springer Nature, Wiley, and CRC Press.

This research and reference text presents the latest research on carbon dots and their applications in the biomedical field, including therapeutics, bio-imaging and diagnosis. The book covers the use of carbon dots in therapeutic applications, applications in drug and gene delivery, uses in bio-imaging and uses in the fabrication of biosensors and nanobiosensors. The coverage of therapeutics includes the varied role of carbon dots in anti-inflammation, delivery of drugs and genes, anti-pathogenicity, tissue engineering and cancer therapies. The aim of the book is to combine and promote the applications of carbon dots in the biomedical field and to help researchers to develop therapeutic and diagnostic materials, providing a valuable reference text for researchers, postgraduates and industry practitioners in the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology.

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September 21, 2022

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Researchers, postgraduates and industry practitioners in the fields of nanotechnology, bionanotechnology and bioengineering.