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Materials Science to Combat COVID-19

Neeraj Dwivedi

This book covers the application of emerging materials to combat coronavirus. It discusses various physio-chemical and biomedical characteristics of 2D materials such as graphene, MXenes followed by proposing on how such materials can be used to design and develop several systems capable of fighting infectious disease like coronavirus.

Book Details

  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 29th, 2024
  • Pages: 146
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.34in - 0.51lb
  • EAN: 9781032327211
  • Categories: Materials Science - General

About the Author

Neeraj Dwivedi is currently a principal scientist at CSIR - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (CSIR-AMPRI), Bhopal, India (since June 2019), and associate professor at AcSIR, India. He completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, in 2013 and then moved to National University of Singapore, where he worked for about six years (2013-2019) as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Dwivedi works on 2D materials, thin films, and polymer composites for tribology, shape memory, biomedical, electronic, and energy applications. He has published one book chapter, about 95 research papers in highly reputed international journals, many book chapters, and more than 100 research papers; served as a lead guest editor for one of the special issues of Journal of Nanomaterials (2015); and is currently a reviewer of more than 20 international journals. As per Google Scholar, he has a total number of 3,240 citations; h-index 31; and i-10 index 73.

Avanish Kumar Srivastava is currently the director of CSIR - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (CSIR-AMPRI), Bhopal, India. Presently, he is also the president of electron microscopy society of India. He completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in 1996 and then joined the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), India, as a scientist. His current research interest includes characterization of nanomaterials using electron microscopy and exploration of nanomaterials, graphene-based materials, and metal oxides for wide-spectrum applications. Prof. Srivastava has published about 300 research articles in reputed international journals and has been invited for talks in different scientific meetings in India and abroad; 12 patents have been filed/granted into his credit, along with 11 technology/know-how transfers to various private partners. He is a member/fellow of several research and professional societies of India and abroad.