Nanotechnology, Food Security and Water Treatment

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 s...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 11
Subjects:
Water pollution.
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Agriculture.
Nanoscale science.
Nanoscience.
Nanostructures.
ISBN:9783319701660
ISSN:2213-7114 ;
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Earth and Environmental Science
Physical Description:XVI, 334 p. 60 illus., 44 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319701660
ISSN:2213-7114 ;

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