Meet the editors

Professor Magdy Elnashar is employed at the School of Medicine, Curtin University, Australia as well as the Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Leeds University, United Kingdom. Dr. Elnashar is the recipient of many awards in teaching, research, and commercialization from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Egypt. He also received the 2019 Austra-

lian Award for University Teaching. He has six patents and several research articles, books, and book chapters to his credit. His research expertise is in preparing/grafting hydrogels, immobilized enzymes, drug delivery systems, and nanoparticles/ nanocomposites.

Associate Professor Selcan Karakuş is currently working in the Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa (IUC), Turkey. She received her MSc in Physical Chemistry from Istanbul University (IU) in 2006. She received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from IU in 2011. She worked as a visiting researcher in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Karakuş has research

experience in drug carrier systems, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, nanoemulsion self-assembled polymeric nanostructures, biosensors, and copolymer blends. She has worked on different projects funded by IUC and has published several research articles and book chapters.

## Contents


Preface

This book provides a comprehensive overview of biocomposites. It discusses current research, applications, and cutting-edge technological advancements in the basic

Chapter 1: "Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Biocomposites – New Insights"

Chapter 3: "Reactive Extrusion as an Environmentally Friendly Technology for the Production of Bio(Nano)Composites: Implementation and Characterization"

We truly appreciate our authors for their contributions. We would also like to express our gratitude to the editorial staff at IntechOpen for their support throughout the

> **Magdy M.M. Elnashar** School of Medicine, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

**Selcan Karakuş** Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa,

Istanbul, Turkey

Chapter 5: "Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Nanocomposites: Recent

Chapter 6: "Perspective Chapter: Tissue-Electronics Interfaces"

Chapter 2: "Physicochemical Characterization of Nanobiocomposites"

characteristics of biocomposites. It includes six chapters:

Chapter 4: "The Porosity of Nanofiber Layers"

Advances and Mechanisms of Action"

publication process.
