Dear Colleagues,

Food safety is key to human health and constitutes a global public health concern. Numerous contaminants in food seriously threaten human health, such as pathogenic microorganisms, pesticides, veterinary drug residues, illegal additives, toxins and other harmful substances produced during food processing. These contaminants accumulate in the body through the food chain, posing a potential threat to human health. Therefore, the development of rapid, simple and reliable analytical methods for the effective monitoring of food contaminants is of great significance for food safety and human health. Over recent years, nanomaterials and nanotechnology have been widely used in food detection, such as nanosensors, nanoprobes, molecular imprinting technology, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, etc. In addition, some nanomaterials can also be used for food sample pretreatment to remove matrix effects and improve the sensitivity and accuracy of food detection.

We invite authors to contribute original research or comprehensive review articles covering the most recent progress and new developments in the applications of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in food detection.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

• The development, synthesis, and fabrication of nanosensors and nanoprobes for food rapid detection application;
• Advanced nanotechnologies for food rapid detection;
• Nanomaterials and nanotechnolgy used for food sample pretreatment.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

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• nanosensors
• nanoprobes
• food detection
• food safety
• electrochemical analysis
• surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
• surface plasma resonance
• sample pretreatment
• molecular imprinting technology