In this article, several applications of nanomaterials in food packaging and food safety are reviewed, including: polymer/clay nanocomposites as high barrier packaging materials, silver nanoparticles as potent antimicrobial agents, and nanosensors and nanomaterial-based assays for the detection of food-relevant analytes (gasses, small organic molecules and food-borne pathogens). In addition to covering the technical aspects of these topics, the current commercial status and understanding of health implications of these technologies are also discussed. These applications were chosen because they do not involve direct addition of nanoparticles to consumed foods, and thus are more likely to be marketed to the public in the short term.

Applications of nanotechnology in food packaging and food safety: Barrier materials, antimicrobials and sensors

Bio-nanocomposites for food packaging applications

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Fish gelatin: properties, challenges, and prospects as an alternative to mammalian gelatins

Foreword. Preface. Introduction. The Framework of Population Balances. Birth and Death Functions. The Solution of Population Balance Equations. Similarity Behavior of Population Balance Equations. Inverse Problems in Population Balances. The Statistical Foundation of Population Balances. Index.

Population Balances: Theory and Applications to Particulate Systems in Engineering

On the Dependence of the Average Polymer Molecular Weight on the Change in the Particle Diameter of a Homogeneous Monomer Emulsion

Optimal fixed-bed reactor operation via ordered particle-size profile

Modified design procedure for a sparger reactor sequence

Algorithm for Optimization of Adiabatic Reactor Sequence with Cold-Shot Cooling

Publisher Summary Foam stability is intricately related to the kinetics of liquid drainage. Fundamental understanding of foam drainage is, therefore, important in order to characterize its stability. Foam ability and foam stability are important functional properties of proteins essential in many food formulations. Foam ability of protein solutions has been inferred through the experimental measurement of over-run. Bubbling, whipping, and shaking are the three different methods employed for foam formation. It is customary to infer the stability of foam from the transients of drainage and collapse. Several experimental techniques, such as static drainage, surface decay, half-life of foam, and half-life of drainage have been developed for this purpose. Extensive experimental investigations on the effect of different variables on the drainage and stability of protein-stabilized foams have been undertaken. Despite the considerable volume of work elucidating the qualitative effects of different variables, both on the formation and stability of foams, studies on quantitative prediction of foam drainage are limited. This chapter makes an effort to understand the static drainage of protein-stabilized foams.

Ganesan Narsimhan

Papers

On the Dependence of the Average Polymer Molecular Weight on the Change in the Particle Diameter of a Homogeneous Monomer Emulsion

Optimal fixed-bed reactor operation via ordered particle-size profile

Modified design procedure for a sparger reactor sequence

Algorithm for Optimization of Adiabatic Reactor Sequence with Cold-Shot Cooling

On Static Drainage of Protein-Stabilized Foams