Magnetic Quantum Dots for Bioimaging

Bioimaging is a sophisticated, non-invasive, and non-destructive technique for the direct visualization of biological processes. Highly luminescent quantum dots combined with magnetic nanoparticles or ions form an exciting class of new materials for bioimaging. These materials can be prepared in cost-effective ways and show unique optical behaviors. Magnetic Quantum Dots for Bioimaging explores leading research in the fabrication, characterization, properties, and application of magnetic quantum dots in bioimaging.

• Covers synthesis, properties, and bioimaging techniques
• Discusses modern manufacturing technologies and purification of magnetic quantum dots
• Explores thoroughly the properties and extent of magnetization to various imaging techniques
• Describes the biocompatibility, suitability, and toxic effects of magnetic quantum dots
• Reviews recent innovations, applications, opportunities, and future directions in magnetic quantum dots and their surface-decorated nanomaterials

This comprehensive reference offers a road map of the use of these innovative materials for researchers, academics, technologists, and advanced students working in materials engineering and sensor technology.

Amin Reza Rajabzadeh is Assistant Professor and former Chair of the Biotechnology Program at the School of Engineering Practice and Technology, McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Rajabzadeh specializes in the field of biochemical engineering with a focus on biosensors, bioseparation and purification, bioprocess monitoring and control, bioreactor design, and environmental engineering. Dr. Rajabzadeh is a Professional Engineer of Ontario and is a member of the Canadian Engineering Education Association and the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Rajabzadeh was a MacPherson Leadership in Teaching and Learning (LTL) Fellow from 2017 to 2019.

Seshasai Srinivasan is Chair of the Software Engineering Technology program at McMaster University's Faculty of Engineering. Prior to this, he held a Research Scientist and a part-time instructor position in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of Ryerson University, a postdoctoral position at the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) in Switzerland and a Research Associate position in the Engine Research Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He maintains a vibrant interdisciplinary research program in the areas of biosensors, quantum dots, Li-ion batteries, food rheology, and thermodiffusive flows.

Poushali Das is a senior postdoctoral research fellow at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She completed her Ph.D. degree in 2019 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Her research interests include multifunctional luminescent quantum dots and applications in sensors, antioxidant properties and the biomedical field, polymer/quantum dot nanocomposites, and MXene/polymer nanocomposites sonochemical synthesis of graphene-based nanocomposites.

Sayan Ganguly is a senior postdoctoral researcher at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, composite hydrogels, polymer-graphene nanocomposites, MXene-polymer systems, polymer composites for EMI shielding, and conducting polymer composites.