
Antiviral and Antimicrobial Smart Coatings
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - January 24, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Aditya Kumar, Ajit Behera, Muhammad Bilal, Ram K. Gupta, Tuan Anh Nguyen
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 9 1 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 9 2 - 3
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Request a sales quoteAntiviral and Antimicrobial Smart Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications provides a critical analysis of all types of smart antiviral and antimicrobial coatings currently being researched. The book opens with a discussion of the microbial and viral pathogens, including how to identify them and their interaction with surfaces. The next three sections look at the concept of smart coatings, specifically antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral smart coatings, types, effects, and applications. The book concludes by discussing the methods and standards for characterization of coatings and then presents several real world case studies. A valuable resource for those working in the smart coatings field.
- Introduces the concepts of smart coatings and the synthesis, characterization, and classification
- Provides insights into the pros and cons of established processes and thereby provides guidance on how to select the appropriate techniques for specific applications
- Discusses the process of applying smart antimicrobial and antiviral coatings on various surfaces
- Presents the methods for characterization of smart and multifunctional coatings
Material scientists, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, textile engineers and academicians working in the field of medicine, food processing, polymer fabrication. pharmaceuticals and environmental science. Students, scientists, college and university professors, research professionals, technology investors and developers, research enterprises, R&D and defense research laboratories
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Section A: Antimicrobial coatings
- Chapter 1: The world of microbes and its medical significance
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: History of microbiology
- 3: Classification of bacteria
- 4: Strain development
- 5: Host-pathogen interaction
- 6: Dental plaque
- 7: Corneal infections
- 8: Urinary tract infection
- 9: Medical implant diseases
- 10: Uses of bacterial biofilms
- References
- Chapter 2: Biomaterials and biomimetics
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods or techniques used for the development of biomimetic surfaces or coatings
- 3: Smart coatings
- 4: Recent advances in biomaterials and biomimetics
- 5: Outlook and conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 3: Current scenario on the microbial world and associated diseases
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- References
- Chapter 4: Growth of microbes and biofilm formation on various materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Surface characteristics features in feasible microbial adhesion
- 3: Mechanism of action of attachment to solid surfaces
- 4: Growth of viruses on solid surfaces
- References
- Chapter 5: Identification and culture test
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Staining techniques
- 3: Different culture techniques
- 4: Biochemical tests
- 5: Automated identification technique
- 6: Molecular methods
- 7: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Industrial backgrounds and microbes growth
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biofilm formation
- 3: Biofilm resistance
- 4: Human health and biofilms
- 5: Biofilm formation in food-processing environments
- 6: Microbiological corrosion
- 7: Control of biofilms and limiting their related complications
- References
- Chapter 7: Introduction of smart coatings in various directions
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Corrosion-resistant coatings
- 3: Self-cleaning coatings
- 4: Antiicing surfaces
- 5: Chromic-based smart coatings for textiles
- 6: Corrosion sensing coatings
- 7: Antigraffiti coatings
- 8: Antifouling coatings
- 9: Intumescent coatings
- 10: Antimicrobial coatings
- 11: Smart window coatings
- 12: Summary
- References
- Chapter 8: Working principles of various smart coatings on microbes/virus growth
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: What are smart coatings?
- 3: Why smart coatings?
- 4: Strategies used by smart coatings to combat microbes
- 5: Smart and synergistic antimicrobial coatings
- 6: Different materials used for smart coatings
- 7: Application of smart coating
- 8: Conclusions and future work
- References
- Chapter 9: Biomimetics in smart coatings
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Acknowledged biomimetics and their applications
- 3: Recent developments
- 4: Summary
- References
- Section B: Advanced antimicrobial coatings
- Chapter 10: Self-cleaning coating materials
- Abstract
- 1: Basics of self-cleaning surfaces (SCSs)
- 2: Self-cleaning surfaces from nature
- 3: Mechanism of wettability in hydrophobic surfaces
- 4: Approaches for growing durable self-cleaning surfaces
- 5: Applications of self-cleaning surfaces
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11: Antimicrobial coatings based on polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Antimicrobial polymer synthesis and coating fabrication strategies
- 3: Applications of the antimicrobial polymer coatings
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12: Nano based technologies for antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral coatings
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Role of nanotechnology in smart coatings
- 3: Nanotechnology in therapeutic and health-care applications
- 4: Conclusion and future perspective
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 13: Nanomaterial-based smart coatings as antimicrobials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Strategies of antimicrobial coatings
- 3: Smart antimicrobial coatings: A bright perspective
- 4: Nanomaterials as antimicrobial coating
- 5: Smart coatings and stimuli
- 6: Some examples of smart antimicrobial coatings
- 7: Conclusions and future outlook
- References
- Chapter 14: Hybrid antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral smart coatings
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Antibacterial coatings
- 3: Antifungal coatings
- 4: Antiviral coatings
- 5: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 15: Edible and food-safe antiviral and antimicrobial smart coatings
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Edible coatings and films
- 3: Conclusions
- 4: Future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 16: Plant extract-based antibacterial coating: An introduction
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Antibacterial/antimicrobial properties of plant extract
- 3: Plant-based edible coating having antimicrobial/antibacterial effect
- 4: Methods of extraction
- 5: Incorporation route
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 17: Bioengineered metal-based antimicrobial nanomaterials for surface coatings
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Green nanotechnology: An overview of bioengineering of metal-based nanomaterials
- 3: Antimicrobial potential of green synthesized metal-based nanomaterials
- 4: Recent advances in green synthesized metal-based nanomaterials for surface coatings
- 5: Conclusions and future outlook
- References
- Chapter 18: Green antibacterial and antifungal smart coating
- Abstract
- 1: Bacterial and bacterial contamination
- 2: Green metal nanoparticles
- 3: Antifungal properties of the coatings
- 4: Smart antibacterial coatings
- 5: Types of antibacterial coatings
- 6: Smart antibacterial and antifungal coatings for various applications
- References
- Chapter 19: Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles and its antibacterial study
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Classification of nanoparticles
- 3: Preparation of metal nanoparticles (MNPs)
- 4: Characterization of synthesized MNPs
- 5: Antibacterial test
- 6: Applications in MNPs in everyday life
- 7: Smart nanomaterials
- 8: Summary
- References
- Chapter 20: Bioactivity prospection, antimicrobial, nutraceutical, and pharmacological potentialities of Carica papaya
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Nutraceutical potentialities of Carica papaya
- 3: Challenges and concluding remarks
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 24, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 638
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323992916
- eBook ISBN: 9780323992923
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Aditya Kumar
Dr. Aditya Kumar received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Siegen, Germany. His research interests include coating, anti-wetting, functionalized coating, nanotribology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, interfacial phenomena, and materials science. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-ISM) Dhanbad, India. He is an author and co-author of more than 55 publications in refereed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-ISM) Dhanbad, IndiaAB
Ajit Behera
Dr. Ajit Behera is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He completed his PhD from IIT, Kharagpur, in 2016. He received the National “IEI Young Engineer Award” in 2022, “Yuva Rattan Award” in 2020, “C.V. Raman Award” in 2019, and “young faculty award” in 2017. He has published more than 202 publications including books, book chapters, and journals. Five PhD students were awarded under his supervision, and more than 10 PhD students from his institute/outside the institute are
working on different research projects with him. He has successfully completed 25 industrial/research projects and organized 12 industrial-academia collaborative conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, IndiaMB
Muhammad Bilal
Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, PolandRG
Ram K. Gupta
Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USATN
Tuan Anh Nguyen
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, VietnamRead Antiviral and Antimicrobial Smart Coatings on ScienceDirect