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Functionalized Polymeric Materials in Agriculture and the Food Industry

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Ahmed Akelah

    1. Faculty of Science, Dept. Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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  • Production of reactive functionalized materials in agriculture
  • Applications of functionalized materials in agriculture
  • Contribution of polymers in solved problems associated with conventional procedures of food growth and processing
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Polymeric Materials: Preparation and Properties

    • Ahmed Akelah
    Pages 1-61

  3. Applications of Polymers in Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-64
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    2. Polymers in Plantation and Plants Protection

      • Ahmed Akelah
      Pages 65-131

    3. Polymers in the Controlled Release of Agrochemicals

      • Ahmed Akelah
      Pages 133-192

  4. Applications of Polymers in Food

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-194
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    2. Polymers in Food Processing Industries

      • Ahmed Akelah
      Pages 195-248

    3. Polymeric Food Additives

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      Pages 249-292

    4. Polymers in Food Packaging and Protection

      • Ahmed Akelah
      Pages 293-347

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 349-367
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About this book

The purpose of this book will be to demonstrate 1) the newly developed method of using reactive functionalized materials in agriculture to solve the economic and public health problems associated with using conventional agrochemicals; and 2) new technology aimed at achieving the greening of chemistry to meet appropriate environmental standards in both agriculture and industrial foodstuffs production. More specifically, the book will accomplish this goal by addressing 3 key issues in the field: 1) the production of reactive functionalized materials with enhanced properties that offer a major opportunity to overcome the disadvantages of using traditional materials; 2) the applications of functionalized materials in agriculture for the purpose of solving the economic and the environmental pollution problems associated with the uses of conventional agrochemicals; and 3) the contribution of polymers in solving problems associated with conventional procedures of food growth and processing, including those used in the dairy industry, sugar and fruit juices, beer and wine production, nutritive and nonnutritive food additives, and in food protection.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Science, Dept. Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

    Ahmed Akelah

About the author

Ahmed Akelah is currently Professor Emeritus of Polymer Chemistry at Tanta University, Egypt. He received his Dr. rer. nat. degree from Bonn University, Germany (1978) and his D.Sc. from Cairo University (2010) with a dissertation titled Reactive Functionalized Polymers and Nanocomposites and Their Applications for Achieving Green Chemistry in Chemical Reactions and Agriculture.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Functionalized Polymeric Materials in Agriculture and the Food Industry

  • Authors: Ahmed Akelah

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7061-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-7060-1Published: 03 July 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9311-3Published: 30 July 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7061-8Published: 03 July 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 367

  • Topics: Food Science, Polymer Sciences

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