Metal-Based Nanophases

Dr Priyabrata Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. He received his PhD from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India on heterogeneous catalysis and he received his post-doctoral experience in the Department of Chemistry, TCU and in the Department of Surgery and Cellular Therapeutics, Children's Hospital, Harvard University. His research focus includes materials science, drug delivery, cancer nanotechnology, anti-angiogenesis and stem cells in cancer. Dr Rajiv Kumar, after obtaining his PhD in Chemistry from Agra University, Agra, India, joined the Inorganic and Catalysis Division, National Chemicals Laboratory, Pune, India. After that, he visited Germany under the DAAD and Alexander von Humboldt fellowship programmes. He has about 30 years of active research in the area of synthesis, characterization and the catalytic applications of nanoporous materials. Presently, he is Head of Green Chemistry and Catalysis Division at the Innovation Center of Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) in Pune, India.The main areas of his activity at NCL as well as TCL include synthesis and applications of nanoporous materials and nano-phases and composites in various organic transformations as selective catalysts, catalyst support and adsorbants. He is also heavily involved in the biosynthesis of metal, and metal oxide nanomaterials as well as the structural characterization of ayurvedic metal based formulations commonly known as "Bhasmas".

General introduction, tracing the history of the applications of nano-phases in health care; Synthetic methodologies for inorganic nano particles / nanophases and biosynthesis of metal based nanoparticles/nanophases; Therapeutic application of metal nanoparticles; . Therapeutic application of metal based nano bioconjugates