Advanced Materials for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Safety

The book focuses on the role of advanced materials in the food, water and environmental applications.  The monitoring of harmful organisms and toxicants in water, food and beverages is mainly discussed in the respective chapters. The senior contributors write on the following topics:

• Layered double hydroxides and environment
• Corrosion resistance of aluminium alloys of silanes
• New generation material for the removal of arsenic from water
• Prediction and optimization of heavy clay products quality
• Enhancement of physical and mechanical properties of fiber
• Environment friendly acrylates latices
• Nanoparticles for trace analysis of toxins
• Recent development on gold nanomaterial as catalyst
• Nanosized metal oxide based adsorbents for heavy metal removal
• Phytosynthesized transition metal nanoparticles- novel functional agents for textiles
• Kinetics and equilibrium modeling
• Magnetic nanoparticles for heavy metal removal
• Potential applications of nanoparticles as antipathogens
• Gas barrier properties of biopolymer based nanocomposites: Application in food packing
• Application of zero-valent iron nanoparticles for environmental clean up
• Environmental application of novel TiO2 nanoparticles

Table of Contents

Part 1: Fundamental Methodologies
Chapter 1 Layered Double Hydroxides and the Environment: An Overview
Chapter 2 Improvement of the Corrosion Resistance of Aluminium Alloys Applying Different Types of Silanes
Chapter 3 New Generation Material for the Removal of Arsenic from Water
Chapter 4 Prediction and Optimization of Heavy Clay Products Quality
Chapter 5 Enhancement of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Sugar Palm Fiber via Vacuum Resin Impregnation
Chapter 6 Environmentally-Friendly Acrylates-Based Polymer Latices

Part 2: Inventive Nanotechnology
Chapter 7 Nanoparticles for Trace Analysis of Toxins: Present and Future Scenario
Chapter 8 Recent Developments in Gold Nanomaterial Catalysts for Oxidation Reaction through Green and Sustainable Routes
Chapter 9 Nanosized Metal Oxide-Based Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Removal: A Review
Chapter 10 Future Prospects of Phytosynthesized Transition Metal Nanoparticles as Novel Functional Agents for Textiles
Chapter 11 Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solutions: Kinetics and Equilibrium Modeling
Chapter 12 Potential Application of Nanoparticles as Antipathogens
Chapter 13 Gas Barrier Properties of Biopolymer-based Nanocomposites: Application in Food Packaging
Chapter 14 Application of Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles for Environmental Clean Up
Chapter 15 Typical Synthesis and Environmental Application of Novel TiO2 Nanoparticles
Chapter 16 Zinc Oxide Nanowire Films: Solution Growth, Defect States and Electrical Conductivity