Table Of ContentCarbon Nanomaterials for
Agri-food and Environmental
Applications
Micro and Nano Technologies
Carbon Nanomaterials
for Agri-food and
Environmental
Applications
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Contributors
Ruchi Aacharya Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur,
India
Abuelmagd M. Abdelmonem Special Food and Nutrition Research, Food
Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Oula, Egypt; Functional
Nanostructures, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz
Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research
Center (ARC); Unit of Excellence in Nano-Molecular Plant Pathology Research
Center—Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt; CIHEAM IAMB,
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Valenzano, Italy
Farah K. Ahmed Biotechnology English Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams
University, Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo, Egypt
Mousa Alghuthaymi Department of Biology, Science and Humanities College,
Shaqra University, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia
Ramez A. Al-Mansob Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment,
UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hassan Almoammar National Centre for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ETH Zürich, Department
of Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Zürich, Switzerland
Jamal M.A. Alsharef Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Science and Technology, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya; Department of Civil
and Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi,
Malaysia
Asran-Amal Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC);
Unit of Excellence in Nano-Molecular Plant Pathology Research Center—Plant
Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Katerina Atkovska Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
xiv Contributors
Sadia Zafar Bajwa Nanobiotechnology Group, Industrial Biotechnology Division,
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Altaf H. Basta Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Suman V. Budihal Department of Physiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore,
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
Luigi Calabrese Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Rajkuberan Chandrasekaran Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy
of Higher Education, Coimbatore, India
Somenath Chatterjee Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Sikkim
Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok, India
Hemraj Chhipa College of Horticulture and Forestry, Agriculture University, Kota,
India
Aleksandar Dimitrov Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss. Cyril
and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
Ahmed M.A. El Hamaky Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health
Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
Ahmed I. EL-Seesy Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang,
China; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha
University, Benha, Egypt
Nady A. Fathy Physical Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Ali Akbar Firoozi Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia
Esraa Gabal Agriculture Science and Resource Management in the Tropics and
Subtropics, Faculty of Agriculture, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
Mohamed Amine Gacem Laboratory of Ecosystems Protection in Arid and Semi-
Arid Area, University of Kasdi Merbah, Ouargla; Department of Biology, Faculty of
Science, University of Amar Telidji, Laghouat, Algeria
Hiba Gacem Epidemiology Service and Preventive Medicine, Hassani Abdelkader
University Hospital Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi-
Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Contributors xv
Gumani Gangashe Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, College
of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Roodepoort,
South Africa
Panbarasi Govindasamy Civil Engineering Dept, Politeknik Ungku Omar, Ipoh,
Malaysia
Anita Grozdanov Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
Said Fatouh Hamed Fats and Oils Department, National Research Centre, Egypt
Ayat F. Hashim Fats and Oils Department, National Research Centre, Egypt
Hamdy Hassan Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Egypt-Japan
University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt
Atef A. Hassan Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research
Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
Mona Kamal Hassanien Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ain
Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Zhixia He Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Asma Irshad National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the
Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Irfan Irshad Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Pattoki Campus, Pakistan
Josef Jampílek Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia; Regional Centre of Advanced
Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc,
Czech Republic
Khaled Kasem Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Hama
University, Hama, Syria
Waheed S. Khan Nanobiotechnology Group, Industrial Biotechnology Division,
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Katarína Kráľová Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius
University, Bratislava, Slovakia
xvi Contributors
George Z. Kyzas Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, Kavala,
Greece
Utkarsha M. Lekhak Department of Biochemistry, The Institute of Science, Mumbai,
Mumbai, India
Kiril Lisichkov Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
Vivian F. Lotfy Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,
Giza, Egypt
Gcina Mamba Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, College of
Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South
Africa
Mogda K. Mansour Department of Biochemistry, Animal Health Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
Emanuela Mastronardo Thermochemical Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute,
Madrid, Spain; Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,
United States
Kostas A. Matis Division of Chemical Technology and Industrial Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Candida Milone Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Abd El-Moez A. Mohamed School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Physics, Faculty of
Science, University of Sohag, Sohag, Egypt
Mohamed A. Mohamed Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research
Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
Lerato Moss Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit, College of
Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South
Africa
Manal Mostafa Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center
(ARC), Giza, Egypt
Anam Munawar Nanobiotechnology Group, Industrial Biotechnology Division,
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Contributors xvii
Velluchamy Muthuraj School of Chemistry, Shoolini University, Solan, India
Thabo T.I. Nkambule Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit,
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa,
Roodepoort, South Africa
S. Ookawara Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials
and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Noha H. Oraby Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research
Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
Aminata Ould-El-Hadj-Khelil Laboratory of Ecosystems Protection in Arid and
Semi-Arid Area, University of Kasdi Merbah, Ouargla, Algeria
Khalid Parwez Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied
Medical Science, Al-Dawadmi, Shaqra University, Al-Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia
Sayali S. Patil Department of Environmental Science, Savitribai Phule Pune
University, Pune, India
Perica Paunovik Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia
Elpida Piperopoulos Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina,
Italy
Edoardo Proverbio Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina,
Italy
P. Rajiv Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education,
Coimbatore, India
Mohamed M. Ramadan Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research
Center (ARC); Unit of Excellence in Nano-Molecular Plant Pathology Research
Center—Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Sergio Ruffo Roberto Agricultural Research Center, Department of Agronomy,
Londrina State University, Londrina, Brazil
Nadeem Sarwar Department of Computer Science, Bahria University Lahore
Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Rasha M.H. Sayed El Ahl Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health
Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
xviii Contributors
Tahsin Shoala Department of Environmental Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology,
Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt
Mohd Raihan Taha Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia
Sourbh Thakur Department of Chemistry, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,
India; Institute of Materials Science of Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas,
Lithuania
Sethumathavan Vadivel Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar,
India
Gcina D. Vilakati Department of Chemistry, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni,
Swaziland
Khamis Youssef Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center
(ARC), Giza, Egypt
Maira Zahid National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the
Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
