Metal, Metal Oxides and Metal Sulphides for Biomedical Applications

Preface.- Chapter 1 Metal sulfide nanostructures for bioimaging and biosensing applications.- Chapter 2 Modification of titanium alloys for dental applications.- Chapter 3 Metals and metal complexes for medicinal applications.- Chapter 4 Therapeutic potential of metals in managing metabolic syndrome.- Chapter 5 Antimicrobial effects of metal, metal oxide nanomaterials and sulfonamide complexes.- Chapter 6 Role of metals, metal oxides and sulphides in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.- Chapter 7 Nanomaterials-based electrochemical sensors and biosensors for early identification and monitoring of diseases.- Chapter 8 Inorganic nanoparticles for bioimaging.- Chapter 9 Metal and metal oxides applications in sustainable synthesis and biology.- Chapter 10 Therapeutic prospective of metal oxides as anti-cancer agents.- Chapter 11 Metal neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration.- Chapter 12 An overview of heavy metal toxicity.

Dr. Saravanan Rajendran has received his Ph.D in Physics-Material Science in 2013 from the Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, India. He was awarded the University Research Fellowship (URF) during the year 2009-2011 by the University of Madras. After working as an Assistant Professor in Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India during the year of 2013-2014, he was awarded SERC and CONICYT-FONDECYT post-doctoral fellowship, University of Chile, Santiago in the year of 2014- 2017. He has worked (2017-2018) in the research group of Professor John Irvine, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the framework of a EPSRC-Global Challenges Research Fund for the removal of Blue-Green Algae and their toxins. Currently, he is currently working as a Research Scientist, in the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile. Also, Research Associate inSERC, Santiago, Chile. He is Associate Editor for International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Springer). His research interests focus in the area of nanostructured functional materials, photophysics, surface chemistry and nanocatalysts for renewable energy and waste water purification. He has published several International peer-reviewed Journals, eight book chapters and seven books published by renowned international publishers.

Dr. Mu. Naushad is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He obtained his M.Sc and Ph.D Degree in Analytical chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2002 and 2007, respectively.  He has a vast research experience in the multidisciplinary fields of Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Environmental Science. He holds several US patents, over 290 publications in the