Amir Motallebzadeh Editor

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta’s research focuses on conducting polymers and composites, green energy production and storage using biowastes and nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, corrosion inhibiting coatings, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 230 peer-reviewed articles, made over 280 national, international, and regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited numerous books, and written several book chapters. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member of numerous journals. Amir Motallebzadeh received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 2015. During his Ph.D., he studied microstructural characterization and mechanical properties of hardfacing coatings at high temperatures. In 2016, he joined Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM) as a researcher. His research activities focus mainly on metallic and ceramic thin films, magnetron sputtering, high-entropy alloys, hard facing alloys, surface characterization methods, mechanical properties of coatings and tribology. Dr. Saeid Kakooei is currently a Senior Research Engineer (Research Scholar) with the School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA He received his PhD in Mechanical (Corrosion) Engineering from University Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia in 2014, MSc in Corrosion Engineering and BSc in Material Engineering from Iran in 2006 and 1999, respectively. His research specialization is Material/Corrosion engineering. He has been involved in several research and consultancy projects related to corrosion problems in the oil & gas industries. Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and applied nanotechnology. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and smart sensors/devices. He is Editor-In-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience and Founding Co-Editor-In-Chief of Current Nanotoxicity & Prevention. Dr. Ajit Behera completed his Ph.D. from IIT-Kharagpur in 2016. He received the National "Yuva Rattan Award" in 2020, "young faculty award" in 2017 and the "C.V. Raman Award" in 2019. He has published more than 80 publications including Book, Book Chapter, and Journals. His research interest is smart materials, additive manufacturing, 3D & 4D printing, NiTi-alloys, plasma surface engineering, nanotechnology, magnetron sputtered thin film, cryo-treatment, and utilization of industrial waste. He has published two patents related to smart materials.