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

Characterization of storage modulus of starch suspensions during the initial stages of pasting using Stokesian dynamics simulations

A transient surface renewal model for heat transfer in bubbling fluidized beds

FLOTATION | Foam Fractionation

On the maxima in the adiabdtic catalyst effectiveness factor

On the Smoluchowski limit in Brownian coagulation of aerosols

Ganesan Narsimhan

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Characterization of storage modulus of starch suspensions during the initial stages of pasting using Stokesian dynamics simulations

A transient surface renewal model for heat transfer in bubbling fluidized beds

FLOTATION | Foam Fractionation

On the maxima in the adiabdtic catalyst effectiveness factor

On the Smoluchowski limit in Brownian coagulation of aerosols