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Emerging Nanotechnologies in Food Science presents the current knowledge and latest developments in food nanotechnology, taking a multidisciplinary approach to provide a broad and comprehensive understanding of the field.
Food nanotechnology is a newly emergent discipline that is fast-growing and evolving. The discipline continues to benefit from advances in materials and food sciences and has enormous scientific and economic potential.
The book presents nano-ingredients and engineered nanoparticles developed to produce technologically improved food from both food science and engineering perspectives. In addition, subsequent chapters offer a review of recent outstanding inventions in food nanotechnology and legal considerations for the protection of intellectual property in this area.
With its multidisciplinary team of contributors, this book serves as a reference book for the ever-growing food nanotechnology science.
Researchers, postgraduate students, food technicians and policymakers working in the fields of biomaterials, food science and biomedical engineering
Chapter One: Concepts of Nanotechnology
Chapter Two: Advances in Food Nanotechnology
Chapter Three: Small Solutions to Large Problems? Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites in Effluent, Water, and Land Management
Chapter Four: Analysis of Nanomaterials in Food
Chapter Five: Bioavailability of Nanomaterials and Interaction With Cells
Chapter Six: Microbiological Toxicity of Nanoparticles
Chapter Seven: Polymer Nanocomposites for Food Packaging
Chapter Eight: Coatings and Inks for Food Packaging Including Nanomaterials
Chapter Nine: Ensuring Food Safety: General Principles for Safeguarding What You Eat Including the Role of Food Labels
Chapter Ten: Critical Review of Relevant Recent Patent Applications Related to the Use of Nanotechnology in Food
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Dr Busquets has worked in nanotechnology from the perspective of food, analytical chemistry, material science and toxicology, has worked in Academia and in the Industry in the Nanotechnology sector.