Design of Nanostructures

PART I: NANOSCALE SCIENCE INTRODUCTION ESSENTIAL APPROACHES AND FORCES Top-down Approach Bottom-up Approach Aggregation of Nanoparticles Smoluchowski Aggregation Kinetics DLVO Theory Lennard-Jones Potential Hydrogen Bonding Hydrophobic Interactions Steric Forces THERMODYNAMICS OF NANO SYSTEMS Thermodynamics at Nanoscale Laws of Thermodynamics Concept of Entropy Gibbs Equation Thermodynamic Properties PHASE TRANSITIONS AND STABILITY AT NANOSCALE Generalized Observations Formation of Metastable Phases Stability of Small Objects Chemical Reactions in Nanosystems INTERACTIONS WITH BIOMOLECULES AND APPLICATIONS TO BIOLOGY Quantum Dot-Protein Interaction Nanoclay-Protein Interaction DNA-nanoclay Interaction Size dependent effect on enzymatic activity Applications to Biology PART II: BOTTOM-UP ASSEMBLY OF INORGANIC NANOPARTICLES METAL NANOPARTICLES Gold Nanoparticles Silver Nanoparticles Palladium Nanoparticles Platinum Nanoparticles Samarium Nanoparticles Copper Nanoparticles Cobalt Nanoparticles Nickel Nanoparticles Bismuth Nanoparticles Aluminum Nanoparticles Lead Nanoparticles METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES Alumina Nanoparticles Antimony Oxide Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Cerium Oxide Indium Oxide Nanoparticles Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Lanthanum Oxide Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Neodymium oxide Nickel Oxide Samarium Oxide Silica Nanoparticles Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Tin Oxide Nanoparticles Zinc Oxide Zirconium Nanoparticles PART III: SELF-ASSEMBLY OF ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES Polyethylene glycol (PEG) Polylactic Acid (PLA) Nanoparticles PNIPAMNanoparticles Poly(b-amino ester)s Nanoparticles Poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) Nanoparticles Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) Polyurethane Polystyrene NPs Ethyl Cellulose Polyacrylamide Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) Poly (e-caprolactone) Poly(vinyl alcohol) BIOPOLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES Albumin Nanoparticles Alginate-BSA Nanoparticles BSA-Acacia Nanoparticles Chitosan

Himadri B. Bohidar is a Professor in the School of Physical Sciences and Special Centre for Nano Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in New Delhi, India. Since 2012, he has been the Chairperson of the Special Center for Nanosciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, which is a collaboration of different schools, actively pursuing research that encompasses many aspects of nanoscience and technology. Prof. Bohidar's main research areas are polymer physics, molecular biophysics, soft matter physics, and nanostructure assembly. Kamla Rawat is a Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, INSPIRE Faculty member, at the Inter University Accelerator Center, in New Delhi, India. She received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, India. Between 2012-2016 she has been actively pursuing research that covers many aspects of nanoscience and technology. Dr. Rawat's research interests include soft condensed matter, low-dimensional architectures, nanosciences, supramolecular self-assembled systems, and bio-inspired green chemistry.