Self-Healing Composite Materials. From Design to Applications. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

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Anish Khan Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Anish Khan is Currently working as Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materais Research (CEAMR), Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, India from 2010. Research experience of working in the field of synthetic polymers, organic-inorganic electrically conducting nano-composites. Complete Postdoctoral from School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM) electroanalytical chemistry in 2010-2011. Research and teaching experiance, more than 100 research papers published in reffered international journal. More then 20 international conferences/ workshop and 3 books published 6 in Progress and 12 Book chapters. Around 20 research project completed. Manageriel Editor of Chemical and Environmental Research (CER) Journal, Member of American Nano Society, Field of specialization is polymer nano composite/cation-exchanger/chemical sensor/microbiosensor/nanotechnology, application of nano materials in electroanalytical chemistry, material chemistry, ion-exchange chromatography and electro-analytical chemistry, dealing with the synthesis, characterization (using different analytical techniques) and derivatization of inorganic ion-exchanger by the incorporation of electrically conducting polymers. Preparation and characterization of hybrid nano composite materials and their applications, Polymeric inorganic cation -exchange materials, Electrically conducting polymeric, materials, Composite material use as Sensors, Green chemistry by remediation of pollution, Heavy metal ion selective membrane electrode, Biosensor on neurotransmitter. Mohammad Jawaid High Flyer Fellow (Professor), Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as High Flyer Fellow (Professor) at Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, and also has been Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2013. He has more than 16 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, biopolymers and biopolymers for packaging applications, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. Shiju N. Raveendran Associate Professor, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam. Raveendran N. Shiju is Associate Professor in the Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, and a Visiting Professor at Yangzhou University in China. He has won several significant prizes for his research, including the New Idea Prize from Amsterdam Science Park for the discovery of a new catalyst for nylon manufacture. He holds a PhD from the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, India, and has published internationally. Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Asiri Chairman of the Chemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, Saudi Arabia. Abdullah Mohamed Asiri is Professor, in the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. He is currently Chairman of the Chemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research. His research focuses on nanochemistry and nanotechnology.