Biographical note

Gautam Patel obtained PG from Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidya Nagar and Doctoral degree from the M. S. University of Baroda, India. He is the Head and an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department, Parul Institute of Applied Science, Parul University, India. His area of specialization is organic synthesis, green chemistry, nanosciences and nanotechnology. He has 3 patents to his name. Vraj R. Shah has received his B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry from ITM Vocational University and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Chemistry from ITM (SLS) Baroda University, Vadodara. Following his graduation, he is currently working as a graduate research assistant at the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama, USA. He has published 5 research papers in the peer-review international journals. He has contributed 8 book chapters with peer reviewed books of international publishers. His research interest mainly focuses on organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, computational simulations, membrane synthesis, and nanotechnology. In addition, he has also received the prestigious GCF fellowship from University of Alabama to pursue his doctoral degree. Moreover, he has also been awarded “Best young researcher presentation ” from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology (SVNIT). Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience. Kalim Deshmukh is a Senior Researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with various nanostructured materials, and polymeric materials, especially polymer blends, and nanocomposites for numerous applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of the structure–property relationships of different polymers reinforced with various nanofillers including metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon allotropes, and novel 2D nanomaterials for energy storage, gas sensing and EMI shielding applications.