Multifunctional Hybrid Semiconductor Photocatalyst Nanomaterials

1. Introduction to semiconductor photocatalyst nanomaterials: Properties, modifications and multifunctional applications.- 2. Synthesis of Multifunctional Hybrid Semiconductor Nanomaterials.- 3. Application of Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Its Hybrids for Inactivation of Bacteria and Viruses.- 4. Advances in semiconductor photocatalyst towards the removal of aromatic volatile organic compounds in air.- 5. Hybrid semiconductor photocatalyst nanomaterials in CO2 reduction and storage applications.- 6. SiO2 based multifunctional hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials and their applications in energy, environment and health.- 7. The Future of Graphene Oxide-Based Nanomaterials and Their Potential Environmental Applications: A Contemporary View.- 8. Hybrid semiconductor photocatalyst nanomaterials for electrochemical sensing applications.- 9. Role of TiO2-based Photocatalysts in Waste Water Treatment.- 10. Hybrid photocatalyst nanomaterials insolar cell applications.- 11. Transition metal chalcogenides-based nanocomposite for the photocatalytic degradation of hazardous chemicals.- 12. 3D-printed electrochemical (bio)sensors.- 13. Plasmon- Based Metal-Oxides Nanostructures For Biomedical Applications.- 14. Recent advances in ZnO-based hybrid nanomaterials as photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting.- 15. Semiconductor-based plasmonic nanohybrids: Synthesis, characterization, mechanistic understanding, and their multifunctional applications.- 16. Polymer-based hybrid composites for wastewater treatment.

Dr. Jai Prakash is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, India. Prior to joining NIT Hamirpur, he was working as 'INSPIRE Faculty' in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. He received his PhD in 2012 (India). He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at INRS-EMT, Quebec (Canada), Aix-Marseille University (France), Universite Libre de Bruselles (Belgium) and University of the Free State, (South Africa). His major research fields are functional nanomaterials, surface science, ion beam modifications of nanomaterials and Chemistry of materials. His highly interdisciplinary research includes synthesis/characterizations of plasmonic, polymers, metal-oxides semiconductors nanomaterials, their nanocomposites for sensing, optical, photocatalysis, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) related environmental and energy applications.

Dr. Junghyun Cho is a Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering andthe Materials Science and Engineering Program at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science in Binghamton University (State University of New York). Prior to joining Binghamton University in 2001, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) (1999-2001). He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University (1998).  His research areas cover processing science, microstructure design and development of materials, mechanical behavior and testing, ceramic coatings, and electronic packaging materials and processes including bonding and 3D integration.

Prof. Dr. Bruno C. Janegitz graduated in Chemistry (2006), Master in Chemistry (2009) and Doctorate in Science by the Federal University of São Carlos (2012). He is currently Adjunct Professor C, level 2 and Leader of the Laboratory of Sensors, Nanomedicine and Nanostructured Materials (LSNano) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar),