Handbook of Research on Nano-Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

Rajakumari Rajendran is a research fellow working at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, where she is currently engaged in developing dietary supplements and nutraceuticals. She has industrial experience in dietary supplements and medicinal formulations. She was awarded a prestigious Inspire Fellowship (DST) and has research publications, book chapters, and books to her credit. She received a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, India, and a master's degree in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) from Sastra University, IndiaHanna J. Maria, PhD, is a senior researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. She works to improve the adhesion between the fibers and the effect of LDPE on plasma modification. She has several publications to her credit, including book chapters and co-edited books. Dr. Maria has experience in working with natural rubber composites, their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites. She finished her PhD at Mahatma Gandhi University.Sabu Thomas, PhD, is currently Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas has published over 800 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters. He has co-edited 135 books and is the inventor of 15 (granted: 1, filed: 15) patents. The H index of Prof. Thomas is 100, with more than 48,000 citations. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 300 plenary/inaugural and invited lectures in national/international meetings over 30 countries. Professor Thomas has received many prestigious national and international awards for his work, and he has been conferred an Honoris Causa (DSc) doctorate by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, and University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Very recently, Prof. Thomas has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to visit 20 universities in the US and an award for most productive faculty in the domain materials sciences.Nandakumar Kalarikkal, PhD, is Director and Professor of the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He is also the Director of School of Pure and Applied Physics at the same university. He is a fellow of many professional bodies. He has published more than 270 reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters and has also co-edited 20 books. He also has a patent on the topic Polymer Nanocomposite, Process and Application there-of. He is actively involved in research, and his group works on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of various nanomaterials, nanostructured polymer blends, polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering, nutraceutical formulations, polymeric materials for dental applications, carbon hybrid structures, core-shell quantum dots, nanomultiferroics, nanoferrites, metal nanostructures, nanophosphors, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), polymer nanocomposites, tissue engineering, laser plasma, nonlinear optics, thin films, bio sensors, nano devices, ion beam modifications of materials, and phase transitions. He has delivered plenary and inaugural and invited lectures in national and international meetings.