S. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, P. K. Bag, S. C. Bhattacharya and A. Saha

Nanoscale, 2012, 3(12), 1139–1148 (DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00610F). Amendment first published 18th July 2011

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Srabanti Ghosh is a senior research scholar in UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, India, doing research work in the field of semiconductor nanoparticles (Quantum Dots) and hybrid semiconductor/dendrimer nanocomposites. She has obtained a Bachelor’s degree (BSc) from Calcutta University, Kolkata, in Chemistry (2002) and a Master’s degree (MSc) in Chemistry from Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India in 2004. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry. Her research interests include synthesis, characterization and biological application of semiconductor nanoparticles, semiconductor–dendrimer conjugates and also dendrimer nanocomposites. Her current research work is focused on bio-sensing application of quantum dots, semiconductor/dendrimer nanocomposites and also other possible biological applications.

Debasmita Ghosh is a research scholar in UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, India, doing research work in the field of Semiconductor nanoparticles (Quantum Dots). She has obtained a Bachelor’s degree (BSc) from Burdwan University, Burdwan, in Chemistry (2005) and a Master’s degree (MSc) in Biochemistry from Bangalore University, India in 2007. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biochemistry. Her research interests include synthesis, characterization and biological application of semiconductor nanoparticles. Her current research work is focused on bio-sensing application of quantum dots and biomimetic synthesis of group II-VI Semiconductor nanoparticles using biomolecules such as proteins, peptides, etc.

Prasanta K. Bag received his PhD degree in 1994, in Chemistry from Calcutta University. He is presently working as a Reader in Ballygunge Science College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. His research interests include pathogenesis of enteric bacteria, isolation and characterization of enteropathogens from environmental samples, to elucidate the ecology and public health significance of these enteropathogens in the aquatic environment. Monitoring existing environmental strains and undertaking detailed studies of how pathogenic strains evolved from them is essential to our understanding of human disease. His current research work is focused on antimicrobial activity from medicinal plants and molecular principles of species interaction in the rhizosphere of a leguminous plant: Biochemical and Metagenomic approaches.

Subhas Chandra Bhattacharya received his PhD degree in 1984, in Chemistry from Jadavpur University. He is presently professor of chemistry, Jadavpur University, India. His research interest is chiefly related to photophysical and photochemical studies in organized interfaces. His research group is also actively involved in synthesis, characterization of nanoparticles and their applications in biochemical field. Sixteen students have been awarded PhD degree under his guidance to date. He has published 107 original scientific research papers in different journals. He visited St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, as James Chair Professor and was visiting professor at Nagoya University, Japan and at different universities of Taiwan.

Abhijit Saha received his PhD from Calcutta University in 1994. The research work of his PhD degree was carried out in the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India. In 1996 he spent a sabbatical period at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. He pursued research in the fields of free radical chemistry on reactive nitrogen species by steady-state and pulse radiolysis. He joined the faculty in the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, Kolkata, India, in 1997. He was invited to deliver lectures in many national and international conferences. His present interests cover synthesis, characterization and biological applications of nanoparticles and inorganic–organic hybrid materials, and ion beam induced modification of polymeric systems.

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