List of Contributors

Ahmed Abdala
Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A & M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Hind Abdellaoui
Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR),
Composites and Nanocomposites Center, Rabat Design Center, Rue Mohamed El Jazouli,
Madinat El Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
Ahmed Abdel-Wahab
Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A & M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Aisha Nawaf Al balawi
Haql College, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Hamad A. Al-Lohedan
Surfactants Research Chair, Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
A. Amalin Kavitha
Syngene International Limited, Bangalore, India
Parambath Anilkumar
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mairaj Ahmed Ansari
Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New
Delhi, India
Tanvir Arfin
Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, India
Purabi Bhagabati
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
Rachid Bouhfid
Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR),
Composites and Nanocomposites Center, Rabat Design Center, Rue Mohamed El Jazouli,
Madinat El Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
Ibrahim Birma Bwatanglang
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Adamawa State University,
Mubi, Nigeria
Murthy Chavali
Shree Velagapudi Ramakrishna Memorial College (SVRMC-PG Studies), Nagaram, Andhra
Pradesh, India; MCETRC, Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Yahya E. Choonara
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Humaira Farooqi
Department of Biotechnology, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Jamia Hamdard, New
Delhi, India
Md Enamul Hoque
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST),
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sakib Abrar Hossain
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST),
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Zoheb Karim
MoRe Research Örnsköldsvik AB, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Ayesha Kausar
Nanosciences Division, National Center For Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University Campus,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Mohd Jahir Khan
School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Puja Khare
Agronomy and Soil Science Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, Lucknow, India
M. Mahfuza Khatun
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Pierre P.D. Kondiah
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lanlan Li
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou,
P.R. China
Sheng Li
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced
Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
Disha Mishra
Agronomy and Soil Science Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, Lucknow, India
Faruq Mohammad
Surfactants Research Chair, Chemistry, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
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Subrata Mondal
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training
and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata, Salt Lake City, India
I.I. Muhamad
Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia;
Cardiac Biomaterials Cluster, IJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Center, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Yakubu Musa
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Adamawa State University,
Mubi, Nigeria
Prasanna Kumar Obulapuram
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lalduhsanga Pachuau
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, India
N. Pa’e
Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia;
Cardiac Biomaterials Cluster, IJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Center, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Lijia Pan
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced
Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
Clement Penny
Wits Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Viness Pillay
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abou el kacem Qaiss
Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR),
Composites and Nanocomposites Center, Rabat Design Center, Rue Mohamed El Jazouli,
Madinat El Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
Karuna Shanker
Analytical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,
Lucknow, India
Zayed Bin Zakir Shawon
Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Yi Shi
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced
Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China
Anshu Anjali Singh
Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
Anna Svedberg
MoRe Research Örnsköldsvik AB, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
K. Thomas Paul
SABIC Technology Center, Bangalore, India
Jarin Tusnim
Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering
and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sharjis Ibne Wadud
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Md A. Wahab
Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A & M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Sisi Wan
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast
University, Nanjing, P.R. China
A.H.M. Yusof
Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia;
Cardiac Biomaterials Cluster, IJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Center, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Nor Azah Yusof
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia;
Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Yu Zhao
Zhejiang Energy Group R&D Institute Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, P.R. China; School of
Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced
Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China