Nanotechnology, Food Security and Water Treatment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gothandam, K M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ranjan, Shivendu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dasgupta, Nandita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ramalingam, Chidambaram (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lichtfouse, Eric (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 11
• Subjects: Water pollution.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

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, nanofertilisers improve plant nutrition by releasing nutrients s...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Nanobiosensors for food and agriculture
• 2. Physical, chemical and biochemical biosensors to detect pathogens
• 3. Nanotechnology in the food industry
• 4. Plant nano-nutrition
• 5. Toxicological impact of carbon nanomaterials on plants
• 6. Sustainable desalination process
• 7. Fungal-based nanotechnology for heavy metal removal
• 8. Nanomaterials reactivity and applications for wastewater cleanup
• 9. Bioremediation of heavy metals
• 10. Quantitative structure-activity modelling of toxic compounds.