Carbohydrate Polymer Nanotechnologies: Design, Development, Utilization and Perspectives

This book emphasizes the recent advances in carbohydrate polymer nanotechnologies, especially discusses the applications, limitations and drawbacks, revealing directions to carbohydrate polymer nanoparticles and their nanocomposites for further use in various applications. Carbohydrate polymers and natural materials which are environmentally benign over the synthetic polymers and display potential features such as low cost, wide availability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, physico-mechanical properties and easy functionalization. The carbohydrate polymers consists of significant functions groups, i.e., hydroxy, amine and carboxylic acid, these allows the functional modification and metal nanoparticle anchoring via chemical reaction and physico-chemical interactions, respectively; which results in the formation of sustainable materials with tunable features. In addition, the chapters in the book looks into the synthesis, functionalization and characterization of various carbohydrate polymers and their nanocomposites and its commercial applications such as pharmaceutical, environmental and energy production being conducted across the world. More specifically, it covers the application of carbohydrate polymer-based nanomaterials as sensors, drug delivery devises, nanomedicine, food packing, environmental remediation, fuel cells, hydrogen storage. The content of this book appeals to graduate students and researchers from the discipline of nano sciences, carbohydrate polymers, biotechnology, nanotechnology.

Dr. Kummari S.V. Krishna Rao is currently working as Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yogi Vemana University (since 2008), Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India. Earlier he has worked on the carbohydrate-based drug conjugates and anticancer drug delivery systems at Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea during 2006-2008 as Postdoctoral Fellow. And worked on polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications at Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea as Research Professor. In addition, he worked on Nanomedicine on the “Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Polymers and their Conjugates for Drug Delivery Applications”, at Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, as UGC-RAMAN Postdoctoral Fellow.

Dr. K.V.N. Suresh Reddy is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, GITAM School of Science, GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was postdoctoral researcher at National Chung Hsing University and National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan during 2008-2010. He has supervised four Ph.D. students, and eight Ph.D. students are now working. He has 42 national and international publications and five book chapters. He is a reviewer for several international journals. He is a member of the "Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science" editorial board. His current research interests are designing natural polymeric and solid lipid nanoparticles-based drug delivery systems, and fabrication of electrochemical systems.

Dr. Madhusudhan Alle is currently serves as Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Memphis, TN, USA. Previously, he held positions as a Research Professor at Department of Biomedical Science & Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, South Korea. Prior to that, he was  Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia, from 2014 to 2018. During his tenure, he undertook responsibilities as the Coordinator of MSc (Chemistry) Programs and Head of the Chemistry Department, supervising four students who submitted their master’s theses under his guidance. He received his doctorate from the Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, India in 2013, where he conducted research projects sponsored by University Grants Commission, India.