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Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials

  • 1st Edition - March 24, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Veeriah Jegatheesan, Nandika Bandara, Preetam Sarkar, Angana Sarkar, Kunal Pal
  • Language: English

Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials is designed to cover different types of nanomaterials that have applications related to the environment, food and me… Read more

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Description

Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials is designed to cover different types of nanomaterials that have applications related to the environment, food and medicine. It is an important resource for materials scientists and bioengineers looking to learn more about the applications of nanomaterials for sustainable development applications. Nanoscale materials possess excellent properties that have been explored in the areas of biomedicals, food, agriculture, the environment, catalysis, sensing and energy storage. Examples of these new applications include smart and active food packaging, nanobiosensors, bioremediation, wastewater treatment, implant coatings, tissue engineering, delivery systems for food and pharmaceutical applications, and food safety.

Key features

  • Helps readers make decisions on the suitability and appropriateness of a synthetic route and characterization technique for a particular nanosystem
  • Enables readers to analyze and compare experimental data and extract in-depth information about the physical properties of the polymeric gels using mathematical models
  • Teaches users about the applications of nanomaterials for sustainable development applications

Readership

Materials scientists and engineers

Table of contents

Part I General Introduction

1. Introduction to nanomaterials

2. Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization strategies

3. Translation of nanomaterials

4. Nano-robots

Part II Food applications

5. Polysaccharide-based nanomaterials

6. Protein-based nanomaterials

7. Lipid-based nanostructures

8. Conjugated nanostructures

9. Nanostructures for improving food structure and functionality

10. Nanomaterials in improving microbial food safety

11. Nanomaterials in detection of food contaminants

12. Nanocomposites in food packaging

13. Nano delivery systems for food bioactives

Part III Medical applications

14. Nano-formulations in drug delivery

15. Nanomaterials in wound healing applications

16. Nanostructure based medical adhesives

17. Implant coatings

18. Nanoformulations for antitumor activity

19. Nanomaterials in anticancer treatment

20. Bionanocomposites in tissue engineering

21. Nanomaterials in biosensors for medical applications

Part IV Environmental applications

22. Nanomaterials based biosensors

23. Microbial nanoparticle synthesis and its applications

24. Nanomaterials in bioremediation

25. Nanomaterials in waste water treatment

26. Environmental impacts of nanomaterials

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 24, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

VJ

Veeriah Jegatheesan

Veeriah Jegatheesan is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of Water:, Effect Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on the application of membrane bioreactors, sugar cane juiceclarification, sea water desalination and the treatment of mine tailing ponds.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of Water, Effect Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

NB

Nandika Bandara

Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Food Proteins and Bioproducts at the University of Manitoba, Canada. His research focuses on Integrating material science and nanotechnology for improving bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy. of bioactives and drugs using protein & lipid-based delivery systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Food Proteins and Bioproducts at the University of Manitoba, Canada

PS

Preetam Sarkar

Dr. Preetam Sarkar is an Assistant Professor of Food Sciences at the Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Food Sciences from Purdue University, USA. The research at Dr. Sarkar’s lab at NIT Rourkela focuses on the development of delivery vehicles such as emulsions, films and coatings, for the protection of bioactive compounds such as antimicrobial agents for food safety applications. He has published 30 articles in SCI journals, 10 book chapters, and co-edited 3 books.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India.

AS

Angana Sarkar

Prof. Angana Sarkar pursued her graduation in Agricultural Engineering from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswasvidyalaya, West Bengal, India, followed by post-graduation in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India 2008. Later, she completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Biotechnlogy from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Subsequently she joined National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India in the year 2015 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology & Medical Engineering. Her research area is mainly focused on (i) Pollutant detection using biosensors, (ii) Groundwater bioremediation, (iii) Waste water (domestic and industrial) treatment (iv) Solid waste management by bio-refinery approach to produce environmental waste to value like bioethanol, pigment, biofertilizars etc. and (iv) Hydrocarbon and other organic pollutants degradation.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and MEdical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

KP

Kunal Pal

Dr. Kunal Pal is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. His major research interests revolve around biomedical signal processing, biomedical equipment design, soft materials, and controlled drug delivery. He has published more than 100 publications in SCI-cited journals of high repute.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India

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