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Carbon Nanomaterials for Agri-food and Environmental Applications

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
  • Language: English

Carbon Nanomaterials for Agri-food and Environmental Applications discusses the characterization, processing and applications of carbon-based nanostructured materials in the agric… Read more

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Carbon Nanomaterials for Agri-food and Environmental Applications discusses the characterization, processing and applications of carbon-based nanostructured materials in the agricultural and environmental sectors. Sections discuss the synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes, the technological developments in environmental applications of carbon-based nanomaterials, and agri-food applications. The book also covers the toxic effects of engineered carbon nanoparticles on the environment, and in plants and animals. Finally, quality control and risk management are addressed to assess health and environmental risks. This is an applicable book for graduate students, researchers and those in industrial sectors of science and technology who want to learn more about carbon nanomaterials.

Key features

  • Compares a range of carbon-based nanomaterials, showing how they are used for a range of agricultural and environmental applications
  • Discusses the challenges and toxicity of different types of carbon-based nanomaterials for environmental and agricultural applications
  • Explores when different classes of nanomaterial should be used in different environments

Readership

Materials scientists, engineers, food scientists, environmental scientists

Table of contents

1 Carbon nanomaterials: 30 years of research in agroecosystems

Part One Synthesis and characterization

2 Carbon nanotubes: Synthesis, characterization, and applications

3 Graphene-based nanocomposites: Synthesis, characterizations, and their agri-food applications

4 Novel trends for synthesis of carbon nanostructures from agricultural wastes

Part Two Environmental applications

5 Improving diesel engine performance using carbon nanomaterials

6 Biosorbents for heavy metal removal from dilute aqueous solution

7 Carbon nanomaterial applications in air pollution remediation

8 Carbon-based sponges for oil spill recovery

9 Graphene and activated graphene as adsorbents for removal of heavy metals from water resources

10 Graphene quantum dot-based nanostructures for water treatment

11 Carbon-based nanosensors: An efficient tool for use in the food industry and agricultural and environmental sectors

12 Toxic effects of engineered carbon nanoparticles on environment

13 Carbon nanostructures: detection, controlling plant diseases and mycotoxins

14 Carbon nanotubes: Plant gene delivery and genome editing

15 Nanocarbon fertilizers: Implications of carbon nanomaterials in sustainable agriculture production

16 Micro/nano biochar for sustainable plant health: Present statusand future prospects

17 Potential of nanoscale carbon-based materials for remediation of pesticide-contaminated environment

18 Nanocarbon-based sensors for pesticide detection: Recent trends

19 Carbon nanotubes: An efficient sorbent for herbicide sensing and remediation

20 Effect of nanocarbons on physical and mechanical properties of soils

21 Interaction of carbon nanotubes with rhizosphere microbial communities

22 Nanocarbons: Antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activity and the underlying mechanism

23 Toxic and beneficial effects of carbon nanomaterials on human and animal health

24 Carbon nanomaterials (CNTs) phytotoxicity: Quo vadis?

25 Application of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Food Preservation Area

26 Risk management and regulatory aspects of carbon nanomaterials

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 13, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. He earned his PhD in molecular plant pathology through a joint program between Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, and Suez Canal University, Egypt, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Christian Albrechts University. His research focuses on nanobiotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection, and he has authored numerous peer‑reviewed articles and edited books with major international publishers. His scientific contributions have been recognized nationally and regionally, including awards from the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils for research excellence in biotechnology and the Egyptian State Award for Agricultural Scientific Excellence from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. He has been recognized among the world’s top 2% most influential scientists in nanobiotechnology for three consecutive years (2021–2023), according to global rankings developed by Stanford University. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of two Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection and Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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