Bio-derived Carbon Nanostructures. Fundamentals, Synthesis and Applications

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Bharat Apparao Bhanvase Professor and Head, Chemical Engineering Department, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.. Dr Bharat A. Bhanvase is a Professor and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He has 12 years of experience in research focused on Wastewater Treatment, Cavitation based Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Process Intensification, Microfluidics, and Nanofluids. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pune. He has published 80 articles in international journals, 4 in national journals, and presented 8 papers in international conferences and 12 in national conferences. He has written 50 book chapters in internationally renowned books, edited 8 books and authored 1 book. He is likewise a reviewer for 97 international journals. Dr Bhanvase has one Indian Patent under his name. He is a fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (MASc) 2020 and received the Best Scientist Award from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in the year 2017. He is a recipient of Young Scientists (Award) start-up research grant from Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi (India) in the year 2015. Under this award, he has worked on various aspects of nanofluids in detail. Divya Prakash Barai Chemical Engineering Department, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Opposite to Bharat nagar, Amravati Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.. Ms. Divya P. Barai is currently a PhD scholar working on nanofluids under the supervision of Dr Bharat A. Bhanvase at the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur. She has completed her M. Tech in Chemical Engineering from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in 2018. As a part of her master's degree, she studied various thermophysical properties and heat transfer applications of nanofluids. She received her B.Tech degree in Chemical Technology (Pulp and Paper Technology) from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in 2016. Her research interests lie in the field of synthesis and characterization of different nanomaterials for their application as nanofluids in heat transfer systems. She has published 11 research articles in international journals. She has also contributed 5 book chapters in internationally renowned books and authored 1 book.