Foreword

In the 21^st century, depleting fossil fuel resources and environmental concerns have created huge challenges in meeting adequate energy production and storage. Undoubtedly, the ground-breaking nanotechnology may be the only solution to meet the demands of mankind in the future by producing a secure, green and sustainable energy. Carbon-based and other advanced functional nanomaterials have enormous potential to produce and save energy through effective and sustainable approach, and also to support suitable applications in the field of opto- and bio-electronics.

This unique book by the editors (Dr. Manik and Dr. Sahoo), comprising In vitroabout fifteen chapters presents an excellent overview and current state-of-the-art future generation nanostructured materials like carbon nanotubes, carbon nano onions, nanowires, graphene, 2D boron nitride, metal oxides, quantum dots, metal organic frameworks (MoFs) etc. and their respective nanocomposites. Such materials find great applications with regard to efficient storage of energy like solar, hydrogen and electrochemical energy. These materials find enormous applications in fuel cells, supercapacitors, bio-sensors and opto-electronic nano-devices, ferroelectric liquid crystal nanocomposites for optical memory, future display devices and electronics. Considering these aspects, I believe that the book shall find great use In vitroin the scientific and engineering community.

It is notable that the book chapters have been contributed by several researchers from premier institutes who carry extensive experience and knowledge in the relevant fields. Further, the book is well edited, quite consistent and focused In vitroon enrichment of the knowledge of the readers. This is an excellent masterpiece for students, academics and industry researchers.

This book shall, therefore, be an impactful addition in the area of application of next generation nanomaterials in the field of energy storage and electronics. The reported work will be important to many groups of researchers and industry experts across the globe, including, but not limited to, those working in materials science, chemical engineering, biotechnology, polymer science, physics, chemistry and renewable energy.