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Nanostructures: Current uses and future applications in food science.

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This review highlights the applications of nanostructured materials for their antimicrobial activity and possible mechanism of action against bacteria, including reactive oxygen species, membrane damage, and release of metal ions.
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This article is published in Journal of Food and Drug Analysis.The article was published on 2017-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 227 citations till now.

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Nanotechnologies in Food Science: Applications, Recent Trends, and Future Perspectives

TL;DR: Applications of nanotechnologies enhance the food bioavailability, taste, texture, and consistency, achieved through modification of particle size, possible cluster formation, and surface charge of food nanomaterials.
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Prospects of using nanotechnology for food preservation, safety, and security.

TL;DR: This review aims to provide a basic understanding regarding the applications of nanotechnology in the food packaging and processing industries and to identify the future prospects and potential risks associated with the use of NSMs.
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Nanoencapsulation of carotenoids within lipid-based nanocarriers.

TL;DR: The present review is attempting to cover the novel advances in nanoencapsulation of carotenoids principally based on lipid‐based nanocarriers with an emphasis on the factors affecting the bioaccessibility of carOTenoids in such nanoccarriers, together with their challenges and upcoming evolutions.
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Recent Developments in Food Packaging Based on Nanomaterials

TL;DR: This review paper aims at summarizing the recent three years of research findings on the new development of nanomaterials for food packaging and highlights the possible mechanisms of antimicrobial activity against bacteria of certain active nanommaterials and their health concerns.
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Nanotechnology: current uses and future applications in the food industry.

TL;DR: This review highlights the applications of current nanotechnology research in food technology and agriculture, including nanoemulsion, nanocomposites, nanosensors, nano-encapsulation, food packaging, and propose future developments in the developing field of agrifood nanotechnology.
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Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications

TL;DR: This review discusses the synthetic chemistry, fluid stabilization and surface modification of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, as well as their use for above biomedical applications.
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The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results indicate that the bactericidal properties of the nanoparticles are size dependent, since the only nanoparticles that present a direct interaction with the bacteria preferentially have a diameter of approximately 1-10 nm.
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A review of chitin and chitosan applications

TL;DR: Chitin is the most abundant natural amino polysaccharide and is estimated to be produced annually almost as much as cellulose, and recent progress in chitin chemistry is quite noteworthy as mentioned in this paper.
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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results suggest that Ag nanoparticles can be used as effective growth inhibitors in various microorganisms, making them applicable to diverse medical devices and antimicrobial control systems.
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Functionalized graphene sheets for polymer nanocomposites

TL;DR: Modulus, ultimate strength and thermal stability follow a similar trend, with values for functionalized graphene sheet- poly(methyl methacrylate) rivaling those for single-walled carbon nanotube-poly(methyl methamphetamine) composites.
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