Overview
- Reviews advanced nanomaterials for health, food quality, water purification and agriculture
- Explains the novel properties of nanomaterials
- Presents the green synthesis of nanoparticles
Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (SARV, volume 20)
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Nanomaterials with unique properties will dramatically improve agriculture and food production. Applications will include nanofertilisers to enhance plantgrowth and nanosensors to detect food contamination. An overall view of nanotechnology applications in agriculture, food, water, and environment are described in the first two chapters by Dasgupta et al. and Singh. Health and environmental applications of nanotechnology are presented in chapters 3-5. Shukla and Iravani review green methods to synthesize metal nanoparticles, and give applications to water purification, in chapter 3. The removal of up to 95% of contaminants by nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanostructured membranes is described by Naghdi et al. in chapter 4. Yoti et al. then review nanosensors for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in chapter 5. Those nanosensors can be used as biodiagnostics to control food and water quality. Food applications of nanoscience are presented in chapters 6 and 7 by Kuswandi and Sarkhar et al. Kuswandi explain in chapter 6 that nanomaterials can improve packaging quality and that nanosensors can detect freshness and contanimants. The use ofnanoparticles to protect ingredients such as vitamins, flavours, and antimicrobials is reviewed by Sarkhar et al. in chapter 7.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 1
Editors: Shivendu Ranjan, Nandita Dasgupta, Eric Lichtfouse
Series Title: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39303-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39302-5Published: 26 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81862-7Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39303-2Published: 18 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2210-4410
Series E-ISSN: 2210-4429
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 324
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agriculture, Food Microbiology