Recent Advances and Challenges of Nanotechnology in Food
A special issue of Applied Nano (ISSN 2673-3501).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 4316
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Interests: food quality; food safety; nanoparticles; nanomaterials; analytical chemistry; chemometrics; experimental design; multivariate analysis; sustainability; life cycle assessment; LCA; life cycle costing; LCC
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Interests: biomechanics; silver nanoparticle antibiotic action; metal ions in epigenetics; bioactive supramolecular systems; 3D printing and biofilms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of nanotechnology has expanded rapidly, from the first applications in materials to multiple sectors such as medical and pharmaceutical, electronic, and recently agro-food. In the food sector, nanotechnology can be applied in agricultural production, in the processing of foodstuffs, and in food-contact materials. In agronomy, nanotechnology has been used to recombine DNA and for the nano-modification of fertilizers and pesticides. Nanomaterials have also been widely used in nutraceuticals: nano-micelles for nutrient delivery, nanoencapsulation for the controlled release of nutrients (proteins, antioxidants, and flavors), and food fortification (with omega-3, fatty acids, lycopene, heme groups, beta-carotene, phytosterols). In the packaging sector, nanotechnologies have been used as barriers, coatings, and release tools; for the modification of permeability; for the growth of barrier properties (mechanical, thermal, chemical, and microbiological); to provide increased resistance; and to produce antimicrobial surfaces or hydro- or liporepellent surfaces.
Therefore, nanotechnologies are suitable for food control as well. Many uses are found, including the determination of contaminants and bioactive compounds (mycotoxins, pesticides, drug residues, allergens, probable carcinogenic compounds, bacteria, amino acids, gluten, antioxidants, etc.).
This Special Issue aims to collect original research papers and review articles addressing all areas mentioned above and all applications of nanotechnology in food.
Dr. Mattia Rapa
Dr. Anthony William Coleman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recombination of DNA
- nano-modification of fertilizers and pesticides
- nano-micelles for nutrient delivery
- nano-encapsulation for the controlled release of nutrients
- food fortification
- nano barriers
- nano coatings
- contaminants determination
- bioactive compounds determination
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