Rapid formation of carbon nanotubes–natural rubber films cured with glutaraldehyde for reducing percolation threshold concentration
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Bioderived Carbon Nanomaterials for Sensing: A Getaway towards Next Generation Sustainable Materials Design and Technology Development
Carbon nanomaterials are promising materials that demonstrate their application in various fields, namely biomedical, environmental, agriculture, etc. But they have toxicity owing to the utilization of hazardous chemical substances for their synthesis, and to overcome the challenges related to toxicity, the greener and more eco-friendly approaches to synthesizing carbon nanomaterials and their derivatives, such as reduced graphene oxides, graphene's and carbon quantum dots (QDs), etc., and their functionalization are needed. Further, due to their unique properties and negligible toxicity, these greener or biogenic carbon nanomaterials open new avenues for making sustainable sensing systems for next-generation technological advancement through biogenic material design and sensor technology development. Thus, this topical collection will focus on some organic (biogenic/greener) approaches to design and synthesize less toxic carbon-based materials for applications in biomedical diagnostics and environmental and agricultural monitoring through greener and sustainable approaches. As green or bioderived synthesis is significantly less explored in terms of synthetic metals, so, for this reason, we would try to cover all the carbon nanomaterials without restricting to a few by naming them so that this SI can provide a detailed insight into this newly emerging aspect in the field of synthetic metals that is bioderived carbon nanomaterials. Other than the details mentioned above, the real motive of this SI is to promote the great cause of sustainable development goals (SDGs), as these days, scientists are working to explore the solutions to many problems. They achieve it, but somehow in this process, it has some adverse effects on human health and the environment. Thus, it's high time to promote SDGs in research and development activities to bring this to the attention of all the researchers and motivate them to utilize a sustainable approach to developing technologies.
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Ravindra Pratap Singh
Ravindra Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, India. He has previously worked as a scientist at various esteemed laboratories globally, namely Sogang University, IGR Paris, etc. His work and research interests include biochemistry, biosensors, nanobiotechnology, electrochemistry, material sciences, and biosensors applications in biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and forensics.
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Shyam S. Pandey
Shyam S. Pandey, Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. His research interests deal with the Dye-Sensitized and Organic Solar Cells, Quantum Chemical Calculations, Organic Electronics & optoelectronics, Organic Conducting Polymers, Biosensors and Protein Biochips.
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Jay Singh
Jay Singh, Assistant Professor, Banaras Hindu University, India. He is actively engaged in the development of nanomaterials, based nanobiocomposite, conducting polymer and self-assembled monolayers based clinically important biosensors for estimation of bioanalyses such as cholesterol, xanthine, glucose, pathogens and pesticides/toxins using DNA and antibodies. He is also engaged in fabricating metal oxide-based biosensors for clinical diagnosis, food packaging applications, drug delivery, and tissue engineering applications.
