• Preface

  Preface

  Author(s): Professor Ishaq Ahmad and Dr Paolo Di Sia

• Chapter 1

  Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of a Bismuth Lipophilic Nanoparticles Hydrogelagainst Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilm

  Author(s): Rene Hernández-Delgadillo, Erika Cecilia Espinoza-Villarreal, Casiano Del Angel-Mosqueda, Osvelia Esmeralda Rodríguez-Luis and Claudio Cabral-Romero

• Chapter 2

  Metal oxide-based electrode materials for supercapacitor applications

  Author(s): P.Y. Chan, S.R. Majid

• Chapter 3

  Metal Oxide Nanostructure-modified Electrode for Glucose Biosensor

  Author(s): Khairunisak Abdul Razak, Noorhashimah Mohamad Nor and Nur Syafinaz Ridhuan

• Chapter 4

  Electrochemical Deposition of Nanoporous Metallic Foams for Energy Applications

  Author(s): Randa Abdel-Karim, Saad El-Raghy

Dr Paolo Di Sia

University of Padova, Verona, Italy

Paolo Di Sia is currently Adjunct Professor by the Universities of Padova and Bolzano (Italy) and member of ISEM (Institute for Scientific Methodology) in Palermo (Italy). He obtained a Laurea in Metaphysics, a Laurea in Theoretical Physics, a PhD in Mathematical Modelling applied to Nano-Bio-Technology. His scientific mainstreams are Theoretical Physics, Classical and Quantum-Relativistic Nanophysics, Nano-Bio-Technology, Nano-Neuroscience, Planck Scale Physics, History and Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Physics Education. He wrote more than 200 publications at today (papers on national and international journals, international book chapters, books, works on scientific web-pages, in press), is reviewer of 2 mathematics books, reviewer of 12 international journals, 9 international awards obtained, member of 7 scientific societies, member of 29 International Advisory/Editorial Boards.

Professor Ishaq Ahmad

UNational Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ishaq Ahmad, PhD, is Director Experimental Physics of NCP – National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has co-authored over 80 publications in SCI journals and supervised several Master, PhD and Postdoctoral students. He has one books and number of book chapters. His research interests are focused on Ion implantation, ion beam induced modification of materials/nanomaterials, synthesis of nanomaterials/thin films and ion beam analysis of materials. He is editorial board member and reviewer of several well known journals. He was TWAS-UNESCO-iThemba LABS research Associate from 2014 to 2016. He is a senior fellow of UNESCO UNISA AFRICA Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology and senior fellow of the Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), an ICTP network.