Ranjan / Dasgupta / Lichtfouse Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture 2

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-39306-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 21, 373 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

This book is the second volume on this topic within the series.  With unique properties, nanomaterials are rapidly finding novel applications in many fields such as food, medicine, agriculture and pollution.  Such applications include to treat cancer, nanosensors to detect food contamination, nanomaterials for food packaging, nanoencapsulation to preserve nutraceuticals, and nanofertilisers for advanced agriculture.  After an introductory chapter on property rights of nanomaterials, readers will discover the applications of nanotechnology in food, health, environment, ecotoxicology and agriculture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ranjan, Shivendu

Dasgupta, Nandita

Lichtfouse, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Intellectual property rights for nanotechnology in agriculturePritom ChowdhuryChapter 2: Nanobiotechnology methods to incorporate bioactive compounds in food packagingAdriano BrandelliChapter 3: Nanotechnological applications in food packaging, sensors and bioactive delivery systemsManashi Das PurkayasthaChapter 4: Nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds for nutraceutical foodPooja J. RaoChapter 5: Biofortification of food with minerals and vitamins encapsulated in silicaDebabrata RautarayChapter 6: Nanomaterials for monitoring and remediation of water pollutionRong ChengChapter 7: Phytochemically functionalized silver and gold nanoparticles to treat microbes, viruses and cancerBrajesh KumarChapter 8: Nanotechnology for the detection and diagnosis of plant pathogensPrem Lal KashyapChapter 9: Nanoparticle toxicity in water, soil, microbes, plant and animalsNaureen KhanChapter 10: Nanoparticles in water, soils and agricultureHassan El-Ramady