Preface xv
Part 1: New Materials and Methods 1
1 ZnO and Graphene Microelectrode Applications in Biosensing
3
Susana Campuzano, Maria Pedrero, Georgia-Paraskevi
Nikoleli, Jose M. Pingarron, Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Nikolaos
Tzamtzis and Vasillios N. Psychoyios
1.1 Biosensors Based on Nanostructured Materials 4
1.2 Graphene Nanomaterials Used in ElectrochemicalBiosensor
Fabrication 5
1.3 ZnO Nanostructures Used in the Fabrication of Electrochemical
Biosensors 7
1.4 Miniaturized Graphene and ZnO Nanostructured Electrochemical
Biosensors for Food and Clinical Applications 10
1.5 Conclusions and Future Prospects 30
Acknowledgements 32
References 32
2 Assembly of Polymers/Metal Nanoparticles and Their
Applications as Medical Devices 37
Magdalena Stevanovic
2.1 Introduction 38
2.2 Platinum Nanoparticles 40
2.3 Gold Nanoparticles 41
2.4 Silver Nanoparticles 44
2.5 Assembly of Polymers/Silver Nanoparticles 45
2.6 Conclusion 51
Acknowledgements 51
References 52
3 Gold Nanoparticle-Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Medical
Applications 63
Ülku Anik
3.1 Introduction 63
3.2 Gold Nanoparticles 64
3.3 Conclusion 76
References 76
4 Impedimetric DNA Biosensors Based on Nanomaterials 81
Manel del Valle and Alessandra Bonanni
4.1 Introduction 82
4.2 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Genosensing 85
4.3 Nanostructured Carbon Used in Impedimetric Genosensors 91
4.4 Nanostructured Gold Used in Impedimetric Genosensors 97
4.5 Quantum Dots for Impedimetric Genosensing 100
4.6 Impedimetric Genosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnosis 101
4.7 Conclusions (Past, Present and Future Perspectives) 102
Acknowledgements 104
References 104
5 Graphene: Insights of its Application in Electrochemical
Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring 111
G.A. Alvarez-Romero, G. Alarcon-Angeles and A.
Merkoçi
5.1 Introduction 112
5.2 Environmental Applications of Graphene-based Biosensors
117
5.3 Conclusions and Perspectives 133
References 134
6 Functional Nanomaterials for Multifarious Nanomedicine
141
Ravindra P. Singh, Jeong-Woo Choi, Ashutosh Tiwari and
Avinash Chand Pandey
6.1 Introduction 142
6.2 Nanoparticle Coatings 145
6.3 Cyclic Peptides 147
6.4 Dendrimers 149
6.5 Fullerenes/Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene 156
6.6 Functional Drug Carriers 157
6.7 MRI Scanning Nanoparticles 162
6.8 Nanoemulsions 165
6.9 Nanofibers 166
6.10 Nanoshells 169
6.11 Quantum Dots 171
6.12 Nanoimaging 179
6.13 Inorganic Nanoparticles 180
6.14 Conclusions 182
Acknowledgement 183
References 183
Part 2: Principals and Prospective 199
7 Computational Nanochemistry Study of the Molecular
Structure, Spectra and Chemical Reactivity Properties of the BFPF
Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore 201
Daniel Glossman-Mitnik
7.1 Introduction 201
7.2 Theory and Computational Details 202
7.3 Results and Discussion 206
7.4 Conclusions 233
Acknowledgements 234
References 234
8 Biosynthesis of etal Nanoparticles and Their Applications
239
Meryam Sardar, Abhijeet Mishra and Razi Ahmad
8.1 Introduction 240
8.2 Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles 241
8.3 Applications 253
8.4 Conclusions 255
Acknowledgement 256
References 257
9 Ionic Discotic Liquid Crystals: Recent Advances and
Applications 267
Santanu Kumar Pal and Sandeep Kumar
9.1 Introduction 268
9.2 Part I: Chromonic LCs 271
9.3 Part II: Thermotropic Ionic Discotic Liquid Crystals 282
Acknowledgement 309
References 309
10 Role of Advanced Materials as Nanosensors in Water Treatment
315
Sheenam Thatai, Parul Khurana and Dinesh Kumar
10.1 Introduction 315
10.2 Nanoparticles 318
10.3 Different Fabrication Methods of Nanoparticles 319
10.4 Core Material/Nanofillers 321
10.5 Shell Material/Nanomatrix 324
10.6 Core-Shell Material 326
10.7 Properties of Metal Nanoparticles and Core-Shell
Nanocomposites 330
10.8 Detection of Heavy Metals Using Smart Core-Shell
Nanocomposites 333
10.9 Conclusions 337
Acknowledgement 337
References 338
Part 3: Advanced Structures and Properties 345
11 Application of Bioconjugated Nanoporous Gold Films in
Electrochemical Biosensors 347
Leila Kashefi-Kheyrabadi, Abolhassan Noori and Masoud
Ayatollahi Mehrgardi
11.1 Introduction 348
11.2 Fabrication of Nanoporous Gold 349
11.3 Nucleic Acids (NAs)-Based Biosensors 351
11.4 Protein-Nanostructured Gold Bioconjugates in Biosensing
356
11.5 Conclusion 369
References 369
12 Combination of Molecular Imprinting and Nanotechnology:
Beginning of a New Horizon 375
Rashmi Madhuri, Ekta Roy, Kritika Gupta and Prashant K.
Sharma
12.1 Introduction 376
12.2 Classification of Imprinted Nanomaterials 383
12.3 Imprinted Materials at Nanoscale 421
12.4 Conclusions and Future Outlook 427
Acknowledgements 428
References 428
13 Structural, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Pure and
Substituted BiFeO3 Multiferroics 433
S. Jangid, S. K. Barbar and M. Roy
13.1 Introduction 434
13.2 Synthesis of Materials 446
13.3 Structural and Morphological Analyses 454
13.4 Electrical Properties 467
13.5 Magnetic Properties 476
13.6 Thermal Analysis (MDSC Studies) 489
13.7 Summary and Conclusion 496
References 498
14 Synthesis, Characterization and Rietveld Studies of
Sr-modified PZT Ceramics 507
Kumar Brajesh, A.K. Himanshu and N.K. Singh
14.1 Introduction 508
14.2 Experiment 509
14.3 Rietveld Refinement Details 510
14.4 Results and Discussion 511
14.5 Conclusions 521
References 521
Index 523
