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Copper Nanostructures: Next-Generation of Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agroecosystems

  • 1st Edition - January 13, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
  • Language: English

Copper Nanostructures: Next-Generation of Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agroecosystems considers the impact of copper-based nanostructures on agri-food sectors. Sections highlight… Read more

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Copper Nanostructures: Next-Generation of Agrochemicals for Sustainable Agroecosystems considers the impact of copper-based nanostructures on agri-food sectors. Sections highlight the green synthesis of copper nanoparticles, production mechanisms, eco-safety, and future perspectives, discuss the increasing importance of copper nanomaterials in plant protection applications, describe the use of copper nanostructures in plant science applications, cover antimicrobial applications, explore copper nanostructure applications, and summarize current applications in agroecosystems, such as copper nanoparticles as nanosensors, their negative ecological effects, estimation risks, and more.

Key features

  • Assesses the impact of a large variety of copper-based nanostructures on the agri-food sector
  • Discusses how the properties of a variety of copper-based nanomaterials make them effective for agricultural applications
  • Explains the challenges surrounding the mass production of copper-based nanomaterials

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers

Table of contents

1. Copper-based nanomaterials: Next-generation agrochemicals: A note from the editor

PART 1 Green synthesis

2. Green synthesis of copper-based nanoparticles using microbes

3. Biosynthesis and characterization methods of copper nanoparticles and their applications in the agricultural sector

4. Natural gums as a sustainable source for synthesizing copper nanoparticles

5. Role of processing parameters in solution routes for controlling size, shape, and morphology of chalcogenide nanoparticles

PART 2 Plant protection

6. Copper-based nanopesticides

7. Cu and Cu-based nanomaterials as nanofungicides

8. Copper-based nanostructures for plant disease management

9. Cu-based nanoparticles as pesticides: Applications and mechanism of management of insect pests

10. Copper nanomaterials for pesticide detection

11. Copper nanomaterials for eliminating the risk of mycotoxins

12. Application of copper-based nanomaterials against parasitic nematodes

PART 3 Plant science

13. Impact of copper-based nanoparticles on economically important plants

14. Copper-based nanoparticles in soil: Uptake, bioaccumulation, toxicity, and biotransformation in plants

15. Nanostructured materials based on copper/carbon as a plant growth stimulant

16. Applications of copper nanoparticles in plant protection and pollution sensing: Toward promoting sustainable agriculture

PART 4 Antimicrobials

17. Biosynthesis and antibacterial activity of Cu and CuO nanoparticles against pathogenic microorganisms

18. Antimicrobial activity of copper nanomaterials: Current status and future perspectives

19. Copper-based nanostructures: Antimicrobial properties against agri-food pathogens

PART 5 Veterinary applications

20. Copper nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and its veterinary applications

21. Safety considerations of copper nanoparticles as food and feed additives

PART 6 Agroecosystem applications

22. Cu-based nanomaterials for production of novel agrochemicals

23. Multifunctional copper-based nanocomposites in agroecosystem applications

24. Effect of copper-based nanoagrochemicals on plants and soil: A critical review

25. Understanding the effect of copper-based nanoagrochemicals on nitrogen-fixation ability of blue-green algae: A review

26. Advances in the applications of copper-based nanocomposites in wastewater treatment

27. Synthesis of copper nanostructures: Antimicrobial applications and environmental remediation of emerging agrochemicals

28. Copper-based metal-organic framework for environmental applications

29. Ecological effects of copper NPs: Advantages and drawbacks regarding current and potential applications

30. Copper nanoparticle-based sensors for environmental pollutions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 13, 2022
  • 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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