Nanotechnology in the agri-food sector : implications for the future /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Frewer, Lynn
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2011]
• Θέματα: Nanotechnology.; Food industry and trade > Technological innovations.; Agricultural innovations.; Food > Technological innovations.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.; Electronic books.

 Fundamentals. Intermolecular interactions / Willem Norde -- Supramolecular structures / Pieter Stroeve -- Basic applications. Nanotechnology in food production / Remko M. Boom -- Packaging / Frans W.H. Kampers -- Using nanoparticles in agricultural and food diagnostics / Geertruida A. Posthuma-Trumpie and Aart van Amerongen -- Food applications. Nano-functionalized techniques in crop and livestock production: improving food productivity, traceability, and safety / Niall O'Brien and Enda Cummins -- Nanotechnologies for improving food quality, safety, and security / Douglas K.R. Robinson and Mark Morrison -- Food functionality and the physics of bionanotechnology: some examples and challenges / Erik van der Linden -- Products and their commercialization / Betty Bugusu, Ursula Vanesa Lay Ma, and John D. Floros -- Nanotechnology and society. Toxicology of nanomaterials in food / Bernadene A. Magnuson and Hans Bouwmeester -- Nanomaterials in food and food contact materials-potential implications for consumer safety and regulatory controls / Qasim Chaudhry, Laurence Castle, and Richard Watkins -- Environmental considerations of and societal reactions to nanotechnology in the food sector / Michael Siegrist, Bernd Nowack, and Hans Kastenholz -- Nanotechnology and food allergy / E.N. Clare Mills, Yuri Aleexev, and Alan R. Mackie -- Communication of risks and benefits of nanotechnology: the issue of societal acceptance of emerging technologies / Lynn J. Frewer, Arnout R.H. Fischer, and J. (Hans) C.M. van Trijp -- Public engagement with emerging issues in agri-food nanotechnology / Lynn J. Frewer, Arnout R.H. Fischer, and Gene Rowe -- Nano-ethics / Roger Strand -- Evolving best practice in governance policy-developing consumer confidence in risk analysis applied to emerging technologies / Hans J.P. Marvin [and others].