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Abstract
New ideas in the development of the intelligent nanomaterials miniaturized at the nanometer sizes gained substantial interest because of the wide range of their technological purposes. The recognition of the ultimate limits of computation has also lead computer scientists to seek inspiration from nanobiology. Because living organisms function with nanoscale buildings blocks and exploit collective quantum effects and thermal energy. This is necessary for the survival in its “living” thermodynamic status. The hope to break the barrier of miniaturization seems to lie in the knowledge of the self-organization mechanism of living objects. Furthermore, knowledge about the mesoscopic scale might be able to explain the self-assembly and the working regime of the simplest organisms created by nature. In solid-state physics and electronics, a large variety of different non-equilibrium phenomena accompany with the spontaneous self-assembly of the spatial and the spatio-temporal patterns in the nano-size objects. First, we present a recent update of the different nanomaterials experimentally or commercially produced which have been successfully applied in complex biological systems. Finally, we give examples of our pioneering research on ‘cancer’ and ‘agricultural biotechnology’ to provide readers better vistas about the enormous growth potential of nanotechnology in coming years. We have developed an international nanosilica network to do research on cancer biology and agricultural biotechnology. Surface modified hydrophobic and lipophilic nanosilica developed by us has already attracted huge investments in different parts of the globe. We also propose a nanoparticle assisted cybernetic approach, which could be used for early cancer detection in future.
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Dwijesh Dutta Majumder
Dwijesh Dutta Majumder, PhD, FNA, FNASc, FCSI, FNAE, FIAPR, FIE(I), FTWAS, FIETE, was born in 1932 in Dharmaghar Syllet, Bangladesh. He received his BSc degree in Physics from Guwahati University, Assam, India in 1952 and the MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1955 and 1963 respectively. He is currently Professor Emeritus of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and an Emeritus Scientist of CSIR. He is the Director of the Institute of Cybernetics Systems and IT, Kolkata. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Organization of (Systems and Cybernetics, Paris, France. He is a member of Indo-US programme on Neuroscience between NIH, USA and National Brain Research Centre, India. He was a visiting scientist at Carnegie Melon University, USA; Stanford University, USA; University of Maryland, USA and Oxford University, UK. His current interests include developing knowledge-based systems that incorporate his unitary formalism unifying observing, observed and, the act of observing in mathematical framework of second order cybernetics. He is also interested in the design and modeling of a cancer detection paradigm for early detection of breast, cervical and ora cancer. He is presently associated with an international group of scientists working on nanoscience. He is author of 490 research papers and 8 books.
Dr Majumder is fellow of the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), Indian Physical Society; Indian Cryogenics Council, Indian National Science Academy (FNA), Computer Society of India, West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology, The National Academy of Science (FNASc), Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), The Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE). He received the UN fellowship from the University of Michigan, USA. He served as Chairman, Computer Society of India; National Coordinator, EGCS/KBCS program, DOE, Govt, of India; Chairman, panel of experts of Al in power systems, DOE and Member Think Tank of CSI. He received C V Raman award; P C Mahalanobis award; Gold Medal, INSA; Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture and Award, INSA; K S Krishnan Gold Medal, IETE; R N Tagore Purashkar 2001, VBU, India; Omprakash Bhasin Award; Dr A S Narayanan Award; International Frank George Research Award; S K Mitra memorial Best Paper Award; Prof Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Award; Life time Achievement award, Indian National Academy of Sciences; Award for outstanding contribution in Fuzzy Mathematics and Applications, Banaras Hindu University, 2002; Award for outstanding contribution in Bio-Medical Science & Technology, Kalyani University, 2003; Nobert Wiener award for excellence, 2005. He is the founding president of the Indian Society of Fuzzy Mathematics and Information Processing (ISFUMIP) and governing board member of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) and IAPR. He is also the Founder and President of Indian unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence.