Nanotechnology-Based Sensing Platforms for Illicit Drugs
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sayan Ganguly, Poushali Das, Amin Reza Rajabzadeh, Seshasai Srinivasan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 4 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 7 4 1 - 6
Nanotechnology-Based Sensing Platforms for Illicit Drugs reviews different types of sensors that detect illicit drugs, with a special focus on the advantages provided by incorpora… Read more
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Nanotechnology-Based Sensing Platforms for Illicit Drugs reviews different types of sensors that detect illicit drugs, with a special focus on the advantages provided by incorporating nanotechnology in their design. The book starts with the fundamentals, classification, progress, the current state of research on nanotechnology-based sensors, and an overview of materials commonly used. Subsequent chapters focus on the chemical interactive behaviors of drugs and their detection methods. It includes a thorough discussion on the design, fabrication, and characterization of sensors for illicit drug detection. Final sections provide an overall outlook on recent technological advances in drug detection devices and future research.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, and professionals interested in biosensors, nanotechnology, and their applications in illicit drug detection.
- Reviews cutting-edge research in the fabrication, characterization, properties, and application of sensors for illicit drugs
- Presents a wide range of applications for nanomaterials in sensor-based technologies
- Highlights sensing mechanisms and their behavior against different molecules
Advanced students and researchers interested in biosensors, nanotechnology, and their application to illicit drug detection, Scientists and engineers, from both academia and industry, working on developing diagnostics to support illicit drug testing
1. General Introduction to nanotechnology based sensors
2. Classical materials for sensors
3. Chemical interactive behaviors of drugs
4. Drug detection methods
5. Design, and fabrication strategies of drug sensors
6. Characterization of various sensors
7. Electrochemical detection of illicit drugs
8. Colorimetric sensors for illicit drugs detection
9. Fluorescence based sensors for detection of illicit drugs
10. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for detection of illicit drugs
11. Chromatography for detection of illicit drugs
12. Devices for detection of illicit drugs
13. Rapid detection of illicit drugs in saliva
14. Advantages of point-of-care detections
15. Commercially adoptable Nanotechnology platform for illicit drug sensing
2. Classical materials for sensors
3. Chemical interactive behaviors of drugs
4. Drug detection methods
5. Design, and fabrication strategies of drug sensors
6. Characterization of various sensors
7. Electrochemical detection of illicit drugs
8. Colorimetric sensors for illicit drugs detection
9. Fluorescence based sensors for detection of illicit drugs
10. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for detection of illicit drugs
11. Chromatography for detection of illicit drugs
12. Devices for detection of illicit drugs
13. Rapid detection of illicit drugs in saliva
14. Advantages of point-of-care detections
15. Commercially adoptable Nanotechnology platform for illicit drug sensing
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Sayan Ganguly
Dr. Sayan Ganguly is working in University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Chemistry (Honours) at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, University of Calcutta; and then his B.Tech in 2012 (University of Calcutta). After that, he obtained his M.Tech in polymer science and technology from the University of Calcutta. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, fluorescence in hydrogels, nanomaterials in hydrogels, and hydrogels in the biomedical fields.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, CanadaPD
Poushali Das
Dr. Poushali Das is a senior research scientist at the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. Before this, she held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Chemistry, at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She completed her Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. She has received prestigious awards including the DST INSPIRE Scholar Award (Government of India), Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award (European Commission), and H.G. Thode Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada). She has also worked as an international consultant for companies. Her research interests include multifunctional luminescent quantum dots and applications in sensors, biomedical fields, smart nanocomposites, polymer nanocomposites, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McMaster University, CanadaAR
Amin Reza Rajabzadeh
Dr. Amin Reza Rajabzadeh is an Associate Professor and former Chair of the Biotechnology Program at the School of Engineering Practice and Technology, McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Rajabzadeh specializes in the field of biochemical engineering with a focus on biosensors, bioseparation and purification, bioprocess monitoring and control, bioreactor design, and environmental engineering. Dr. Rajabzadeh is a Professional Engineer of Ontario and is a member of the Canadian Engineering Education Association and the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Rajab Zadeh was a MacPherson Leadership in Teaching and Learning (LTL) Fellow from 2017 to 2019.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, McMaster University, CanadaSS
Seshasai Srinivasan
Dr. Seshasai Srinivasan is an Associate Professor in McMaster University's Faculty of Engineering. Prior to this, he has held a Research Scientist and a part-time instructor position in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of Ryerson University, a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) in Switzerland and a Research Associate position in the Engine Research Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, McMaster University, CanadaRead Nanotechnology-Based Sensing Platforms for Illicit Drugs on ScienceDirect