Meet the editors

Prof. Margarita Stoytcheva graduated from the University of Chemical Technologies and Metallurgy at Sofia, Bulgaria, as a chemical engineer and master of electrochemical technologies. She has PhD and DS. degrees in Chemistry and Technical Sciences. She has been a researcher and teacher in several universities in Bulgaria, Algeria, and France. From 2006 to the present, she has participated in activities of scientific research, technological

development, and teaching in Mexico at the Autonomous University of Baja California at Mexicali as a full-time researcher. Since 2008 she has been a member of the National System of Research of Mexico, and since 2011 she has been a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Her interests and area of research are analytical chemistry and biotechnology.

Dr. Roumen Zlatev is a full-time researcher at the Engineering Institute of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) at Mexicali, Mexico. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy of Sofia, Bulgaria, and his PhD degree from the National Polytechnic University of Grenoble, France. He was a full-time researcher at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a

part-time professor at Sofia University. In 2005 he accepted the position of fulltime senior researcher at UABC. Dr. Zlatev is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers and a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He participates in research projects in France, Germany, and Mexico. Dr. Zlatev is the author of more than 170 publications, book chapters, and reports in scientific congresses and holds 14 patents in the field of electrochemical and spectroscopic methods of analysis, corrosion and materials, and electrochemical and analytical instrumentation.

Contents

**Section 1**

and Molecular Diagnostic

Healing Based on Synthetic Polymers

*and Vaibhav Tripathi*

*and Alla Sinica*

**Section 2**

*by Jiahao Yan and Yuchao Li*

**Preface XI**

Nanomaterials in Medicine, Agriculture and Biosensorics **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 77**

Nanofluidics **91**

**Chapter 6 93**

**Chapter 7 113**

Nanoparticle Synthesis, Applications, and Toxicity *by Hamid-Reza Rahimi and Mohsen Doostmohammadi*

Role of Nanobiotechnology in Drug Discovery, Development

*by Deepak Kumar Dash, Rajni Kant Panik, Anil Kumar Sahu* 

Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Skin Tissue Engineering and Wound

Electro-Optical Manipulation Based on Dielectric Nanoparticles

Nanofluids and Computational Applications in Medicine and Biology

Convection Currents in Nanofluids under Small Temperature Gradient

*by Lucie Bacakova, Marketa Zikmundova, Julia Pajorova, Antonin Broz, Elena Filova, Andreu Blanquer, Roman Matejka, Jana Stepanovska, Petr Mikes, Vera Jencova, Eva Kuzelova Kostakova* 

Applications of Nanotechnology in Agriculture *by Alaa Y. Ghidan and Tawfiq M. Al Antary*

*by Laith Jaafer Habeeb and Hasan Shakir Majdi*

*by Jyoti Sharma and Urvashi Gupta*
