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Nanotechnology, Food Security and Water Treatment

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  • Features applications of nanomaterials to food and water quality
  • Looks at advanced water desalinisation in the context of increasing water scarcity
  • Gives insight into the toxicology of nanomaterials

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World (ECSW, volume 11)

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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.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, India

    K M Gothandam, Chidambaram Ramalingam

  • Computational Modelling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, India

    Shivendu Ranjan, Nandita Dasgupta

  • CEREGE, Aix-Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

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