Overview
- Introduces a range of metallic, bimetallic, and metal-oxide-based nanomaterials
- Compares various nanomaterials fabrication routes such as green synthesis and the sol-gel approach
- Gives timely focus to drug-resistant pathogens of veterinary origin and discusses the role of novel nanoparticles
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Antibacterial Nanomaterials
- Antimicrobial Nanomaterials
- Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria
- Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents
- Bimetallic Nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial In-Vitro Experiments
- Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials
- Ultraviolet Visible Spectroscopy
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Veterinary Pathogenic Bacteria
- Veterinary Bacterial Diseases
- Microbial Nanotechnology
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Muhammad Ikram obtained his Master's degree (M. Phil Physics) from BZU Multan, Pakistan, in 2010. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Department of Physics, Government College University (GCU) Lahore through the Pak-US joint project between the Department of Physics, GCU Lahore, Pakistan, and the University of Delaware, USA, in 2015. He served as a deputy director of Manuscript Science at Punjab textbook board (Pakistan). Later on (2017-to date), Ikram joined the Department of Physics, GC University Lahore as an assistant professor of Physics and Principal of Solar Cell Applications Lab. Ikram received the Seal of Excellence Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Individual Fellowship in 2017 and 2020. In 2021, Ikram was included in the 2 % top scientists from Pakistan announced by Stanford University. His research interest involves the synthesis and characterization of inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials, 2D materials for water treatment, optoelectronic, and electrocatalytic applications.
Dr. Asma Rafiq obtained her Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Department of Physics, Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Pakistan. She served as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Physics, GCU Lahore (2016-2018). Asma joined Nanomagnetism and Spintronics research group at Durham University, UK, in 2018 as a visiting researcher. Later on, she joined the Department of Physics, Riphah International University, Lahore, as a research associate. Currently, she is serving as assistant professor at Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Her research interest involves the synthesis and characterization of inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials, evaluating their catalytic and photocatalytic properties.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Green Nanomaterials as Potential Antimicrobials
Authors: Ali Haider, Muhammad Ikram, Asma Rafiq
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18720-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18719-3Published: 11 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18722-3Published: 12 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18720-9Published: 10 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 139
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Materials Science, general, Immunology, Analytical Chemistry, Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases