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Title
Nanotechnology, food security and water treatment / K M Gothandam, Shivendu Ranjan, Nandita Dasgupta, Chidambaram Ramalingam, Eric Lichtfouse, editors.
ISBN
9783319701660 (electronic book)
3319701665 (electronic book)
9783319701653
3319701657
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-70166-0 doi
Call Number
TP248.25.N35
Dewey Decimal Classification
660.6
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, nanofertilisers improve plant nutrition by releasing nutrients slowly and steadily. Nanomaterials synthesised 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 desalinisation are also presented.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 23, 2018).
Series
Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world ; v. 11.
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.