| Description |
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Fundamentals. Intermolecular Interactions / Willem Norde -- Supramolecular Structures / Pieter Stroeve -- Basic Applications. Nanotechnology in Food Production / Remko M Boom -- Packaging / Frans W H Kampers -- Using Nanoparticles in Agricultural and Food Diagnostics / Geertruida A Posthuma-Trumpie, Aart van Amerongen -- Food Applications. Nano-Functionalized Techniques in Crop and Livestock Production: Improving Food Productivity, Traceability, and Safety / Niall O'Brien, Enda Cummins -- Nanotechnologies for Improving Food Quality, Safety, and Security / Douglas K R Robinson, Mark Morrison -- Food Functionality and the Physics of Bionanotechnology: Some Examples and Challenges / Erik van der Linden -- Products and Their Commercialization / Betty Bugusu, Ursula Vanesa Lay Ma, John D Floros -- Nanotechnology and Society. Toxicology of Nanomaterials in Food / Bernadene A Magnuson, Hans Bouwmeester -- Nanomaterials in Food and Food Contact Materials-Potential Implications for Consumer Safety and Regulatory Controls / Qasim Chaudhry, Laurence Castle, Richard Watkins -- Environmental Considerations of and Societal Reactions to Nanotechnology in the Food Sector / Michael Siegrist, Bernd Nowack, Hans Kastenholz -- Nanotechnology and Food Allergy / E N Clare Mills, Yuri Aleexev, Alan R Mackie -- Communication of Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology: the Issue of Societal Acceptance of Emerging Technologies / Lynn J Frewer, Arnout R H Fischer, J (Hans) C M van Trijp -- Public Engagement with Emerging Issues in Agri-Food Nanotechnology / Lynn J Frewer, Arnout R H Fischer, Gene Rowe -- Nano-Ethics / Roger Strand -- Evolving Best Practice in Governance Policy-Developing Consumer Confidence in Risk Analysis Applied to Emerging Technologies / Hans J P Marvin, Hans Bouwmeester, Gijs A Kleter, Lynn J Frewer, Meike T A Wentholt. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. |
| Subject |
Nanotechnology.
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Nanotechnology. |
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Agricultural innovations.
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Agricultural innovations. |
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Food -- Technological innovations.
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Food. |
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Technological innovations. |
| Added Author |
Frewer, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
9783527330607 |
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3527330607 |
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