Advances in nano based biosensors for food and agriculture / Kavita Arora -- Physical, chemical and biochemical biosensors to detect pathogens / Brindha J, Kaushik Chanda, and Balamurali MM -- Nanotechnology in the food industry / Arun G. Ingale and Anuj N. Chaudhari -- Plant nano-nutrition: perspectives and challenges / Hassan El-Ramady, Neama Abdalla, Tarek Alshaal [and others] -- Toxicological impact of carbon nanomaterials on plants / Prakash M. Gopalakrishnan Nair -- Sustainable desalination process and nanotechnology / Saikat Sinha Ray, Shiao-Shing Chen, Dhanaraj Sangeetha, Nguyen Cong Nguyen, and Hau-Thi Nguyen -- Fungal-based nanotechnology for heavy metal removal / Manisha Shakya, Eldon R. Rene, Yarlagadda V. Nancharaiah, and Piet N.L. Lens -- Nanomaterials reactivity and applications for wastewater cleanup / Tamer Elbana and Mohamed Yousry -- Bioremediation of heavy metals / Anamika Das and Jabez William Osborne -- Quantitative structure-activity modeling of toxic compounds / Raghunath Satpathy.
Summary:
This book reviews advanced nanotechnology in food, health, water and agriculture. In food, nanobiosensors display an unprecedented efficiency for the detection of allergens, genetically modified organisms and pathogens. In agriculture, nanofertilizers improve plant nutrition by releasing nutrients slowly and steadily. Nanomaterials synthesized using biomass such as fungi are further found remarkable to clean waters polluted by heavy metals. However, as newly introduced materials in the environment, nanoparticles may exhibit toxic effects, which are reviewed in this book. In the context of climate change, methods for water desalinization are also presented.
Series:
Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world ; Volume 11
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