Advanced Applications of Biobased Materials

Shakeel Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Higher Education Department, for the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at the Government Degree College Mendhar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, situated in New Delhi, India. He gained his post-doctoral experience in biocomposite materials from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in the field of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment. Dr Annu has expertise in Bionanomaterials, Bionanocomposites and Composite Materials for biomedical applications and is working as International Research Professor in Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea. She has completed her post-graduation from University of Allahabad and had her doctoral research from Jamia Millia Islamia. She has published many scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored many book chapters as well as review articles. Recently, she has received Young Researcher Award of the year 2018 from MCS (India), and is the member of American Chemical Society and Asian Polymer Association. Her research interests include green nanomaterials, composite materials, and renewable resource-based materials for biomedical applications and nanomedicine to combat Antimicrobial resistance and Cancer.

SECTION 1 - Fundamentals, classification, and modification of biobased materials

1. Biopolymers: An overview

2. Chemical modification of protein-based biopolymers for application in food packaging

SECTION 2 - Fabrication and characterization of biobased materials

3. From waste to resource: Methods for vegetable waste transformation into sustainable plant-based bioplastics

4. Characterization of biobased materials

SECTION 3 - Biobased materials in food applications

5. Biobased materials in food packaging

6. Use of biobased materials from agro-industrial residues in food packaging

7. Biobased materials for increasing the shelf life of food products

8. Biobased materials in nutraceuticals

9. Biobased edible food coatings for food applications

10. Biobased nanomaterials as functional food ingredients

SECTION 4 - Biobased materials in biomedical applications

11. Biobased materials in dentistry

12. Chitin as a biobased material in osteoporosis

13. Chitosan-based biomaterials in biomedical applications

14. Biobased materials in wound dressings

15. Biobased materials in tissue engineering

16. Biobased materials in drug delivery

17. Biobased materials in nano drug delivery

18. Biobased materials in skin rejuvenation

19. Impact of biobased materials on drug delivery for improved cancer therapy

20. Biobased materials in nerve regeneration

21. Impact of biobased materials on human health

22. Cytotoxicity and biocompatibility of biobased materials

SECTION 5 - Biobased materials in environmental applications

23. Biobased materials in removing heavy metals from water

24. Biobased materials in removing organic dyes from water

25. Biobased materials for wastewater treatment

26. Functionalized electrospun biobased polymeric materials in filtration

SECTION 6 - Biobased materials in electronics, coating, catalysis and textile applications

27. Biomaterials toward flexible nanogenerators

28. Biobased advanced coating materials

29. Biobased materials in sustainable development of catalysis

30. Chitosan biobased materials in textile industry

SECTION 7 - Sustainability and future prospects of biobased materials

31. Life cycle assessment of biobased materials

32. Future prospects of biobased materials