Surface Engineering and Functional Nanomaterials for Point-of-Care Analytical Devices

Chapter 1_Advanced surface engineering strategies for point-of-care devices.- Chapter 2_Nanomaterial functionalization strategies for point-of-care devices.- Chapter 3_Advances in two- and three-dimensional nanomaterials for biosensor development.- Chapter 4_Carbon based nanomaterials and their functionalization strategies for biosensing.- Chapter 5_Magnetic nanoparticles based biosensing strategies for clinical analysis.- Chapter 6_Surface Engineered Nanobiosensors for Disease Biomarker Identification.- Chapter 7_Nano-bio-analytical systems for detection of emerging infectious diseases.- Chapter 8_Bioanalytical devices for whole cell and bacteria detection.- Chapter 9_Sensing surface development for volatile organic compound detection.- Chapter 10_Recent trends in enzyme-based sensing devices for clinical analysis.- Chapter 11_Paper based sensing devices for clinical and environmental monitoring.- Chapter 12_Smartphone interface and wearable biosensors for onsite diagnosis.- Chapter 13_Designing aptamers based optical bioanalytical systems.- Chapter 14_Lab-on-a-chip based multiple analytes detection system.- Chapter 15_Commercialization of nanobiosensors: Challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Buddhadev Purohit is currently working at Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (DTU Bioengineering), Technical University of Denmark. He obtained his Master's degree in Life Sciences from Sambalpur University, and pursued his Ph.D. at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research focuses on designing of novel electrochemical and optical biosensing platforms. He is also involved in development of microfluidics systems, smartphone-based biosensors, and portable, low-cost diagnostic devices.






Prof. Pranjal Chandra is an Associate Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea and did post-doctoral training at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research focus is highly interdisciplinary, spanning a wide range in biotechnology,nanobiosensors, material engineering, and nanomedicine. He has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis for biomedical diagnostics. He is an associate editor / editorial board member of various international journals, including Scientific Reports, Sensors International, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Molecules, Frontiers in Sensors, and Green Analytical Chemistry. He is an expert member/reviewer of various national and international funding agencies. He has also been appointed as Advisor for the Biomedical Sensors Domain and Sensor Networks Systems at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Michael Faraday House, LONDON, United Kingdom. Prof. Chandra has authored over 140 high-impact publications, including research/review papers and invited book chapters and published 15 books on biosensors/medical diagnostics / material engineering. He has guided 5 Ph.D. and currently supervising 8 Ph.D.