Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapeutic Applications: Design and Challenges

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Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala India. He also serves as the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK) in Kerala India. Formerly he was the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. His ground-breaking research has covered the areas of polymer science and engineering polymer nanocomposites elastomers polymer blends interpenetrating polymer networks polymer membranes green composites and nanocomposites nanomedicine and green nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received several national and international awards in recognition for his work and recently received Honoris Causa (DSc) from the University of South Brittany Lorient France in recognition for his contributions to polymer science and engineering. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1400 peer-reviewed research papers reviews and book chapters. He has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index stands at 139 accompanied by a citation count of 43000. Professor Oluwafemi is a fully-fledged academic that is involved in Teaching & Learning Research Community Engagement staff and student mentorship among many other activities. His research interest is in the synthesis of binary ternary and quaternary semiconductor nanomaterial and nanostructures such as quantum dots metal nanomaterials core-shells doped nanostructures and polymer nanocomposites for different applications which includes biological (basically for cancer treatment ie imaging labelling drug delivery photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy) optical (development of optical devices) environmental (sensing and determination of environmental pollutants) nanotoxicology and water treatment. He is also involved in the indigenous knowledge system (IKS) for value added chain using different South African medicinal plants. This involves isolation extraction biological activity testing and synthesis of nanomaterial using the plant extract and packaging for pharmaceutical purposes. Jose Varghese R is a PhD researcher in Department of Chemical Science University of Johannesburg South Africa. He has received an integrated masters degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from Karunya University Tamil Nadu India. He has attended various internships and training including from Denmark Technical University. He is currently pursuing his research on designing of multifunctional nanoparticles for cancer imaging and drug delivery. He has published in international journals regarding drug delivery and imaging using nanoparticles and mesoporous silica with book chapter relating to the same.