Non-destructive Optical Sensing of Toxins in Agrifood Applications
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 4398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical spectroscopy (UV-vis-NIR absorption, fluorescence, spatially resolved spectroscopy); optical design; illumination optics; optical sensors; food quality and safety; agricultural sensors; optical-based detection
Interests: photonics; optical sensors; optical spectroscopy (UV-Vis-NIR absorption/fluorescence and Raman); SERS; food quality and safety; agricultural biosensors; water monitoring; optical-based diagnostics; cell and tissue sensing; lab-on-chip; organ-on-a-chip; point-of-care
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Dear Colleagues,
Food safety and quality have become increasingly important in our society. Despite the current global legislations and food monitoring efforts, harmful elements still enter the food chain, including, among others, mycotoxins, salomonella, listeria and E.coli. According to the DSM World Mycotoxin Survey in 2021, 11% of the tested wheat and grain samples worldwide showed a positive aflatoxin contamination, while 17% and 36% suffered from ochratoxin and zearalenone contaminations, respectively. Consequently, this indicates the need for a continued development of accurate and sensitive food and feed monitoring systems.
We therefore launch this Special Issue on ‘Non-destructive Optical Sensing of Toxins in Agrifood Applications’ focusing on the optical sensing of toxins in food and feed, considering both solid and liquid products, during the whole supply chain from field to the fork, including processed (wine, olive oil, coffee, mashed potatoes) and unprocessed foods (for both the human market and for pet and livestock animals), as well as drinking water. Contributions offering a non-destructive, real-time and/or in-line monitoring are highly valued, including diverse spectroscopic sensing techniques (absorption, Raman, fluorescence, Fourier-transform spectroscopy), multimodal sensing, camera-based designs, machine vision systems and fiber-based solutions. We solicit original papers of unpublished and completed research that are not currently under review.
Improving food and feed safety using optical sensing and detection technologies asks for a multidisciplinary approach combining technological advances in materials, sources and detectors, modelling and design, image processing, chemometrics and machine learning, while requiring insight into the toxin’s chemistry and bio-engineering. Hence, this Special Issue aims to address the research field from the different scientific viewpoints, collecting a range of high impact articles that present the latest developments, challenges and future perspectives on toxin sensing, contributing to an increased food safety and benefiting the agrifood industry.
We kindly invite you to share your work, expertise, insights, and latest results in the form of research articles and reviews for this Special Issue. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2023.
Dr. Lien Smeesters
Prof. Dr. Wendy Meulebroeck
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical spectroscopy
- fluorescence
- multispectral instrumentation
- hyperspectral camera
- Fourier-transform spectroscopy
- fiber-based agriculture sensors
- mycotoxin
- food safety
- optical sensing
- remote sensing
- agriculture
- food monitoring
- food processing
- water monitoring
- multimodal sensing
- machine learning
- chemometrics
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