Smart 3D Nanoprinting: Fundamentals, Materials, and Applications (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032038629)

Ajit Behera is Assistant Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Department at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in 2016. He got the National "Yuva Rattan Award" in 2020 for his contribution to society and academic career, as well as the "Young Faculty Award" in 2017 and the "C.V. Raman Award" in 2019. He has published more than 80 publications including books, book chapters, and journal articles. His research interest is smart materials, additive manufacturing, 3D & 4D printing, NiTi-alloys, plasma surface engineering, nanotechnology, magnetron sputtered thin film, cryo-treatment, and utilization of industrial waste. He has published two patents related to smart materials and has completed four sponsored research projects along with many consultancy projects. He is a regular speaker and external examiner on topics related to materials science and advanced materials. Dr. Behara is associated with many reputed scientific international organizations as a committee member or advisory committee member. More than 10 Ph.D. students from his institute/outside the institute and 4 foreign exchange students are working on projects with him.

Tuan Anh Nguyen completed his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and the University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate & Research Scientist at Montana State University (USA), 2006-2009. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology). He has managed 4 Ph.D. theses as thesis director and 3 are in progress; He is Editor-In-Chief of "Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience" and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of "Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention".

Ram Gupta is Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta's research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, electrocatalysts for fuel cells, nanomaterials, optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 210 peer-reviewed articles, made over 275 national/international/ regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited/written several books/chapters for American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, CRC, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. He has received over two million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He serves as Associate Editor, Guest Editor, and editorial board member for various journals.