Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology– an overview, significance of nanodomain, nanostructures and nanosystems, Opportunities and challenges of Bionanotechnology, Growth potential of Bionanotechnology, Bionanotechnology today and its future

General techniques of fabrication of nanomaterials — Physical, Chemical and Biological methods, Microscopic techniques for characterization (Scanning Electron, Transmission Electron, Scanning Near-field optical, Scanning Tunneling, Atomic Force Microscopy), Spectroscopic and Diffraction techniques for characterization

Silica based nanomaterials, Inorganic materials, Bio-templated/bio-inspired fabrications and their applications, bionanomaterials for gene delivery.

Preparation, properties and application of carbon nanotubes, Specific application of ferromagnetic filled carbon nanotubes in cancer, Nanotube membranes

Conventional drug delivery, nanosized carriers for drug delivery, targeted drug delivery by Bionanomaterials and their applications, advantages of targeted drug delivery systems, Nanomedicine, proteoliposomes and their uses as vaccine adjuvants, gene and drug delivery systems with soluble inorganic careers, nanotechnology for cancer therapy, Bionano chips for cardiac diagnostics, local cancer therapy using magnetic nanoparticles, applications in Implant materials, In vitro clinical diagnosis by nanoparticles, Magnetic nanoparticles for MR imaging, Semiconductor quantum dots for molecular and cellular imaging, Ultrasound contrast agents, Nanomaterials based Biosensors for sensing of glucose, alcohol, food quality etc. Applications of bionanotechnology in Stem Cell Biology.