Advances in Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture

Edited by Bosoon Park and Michael Appell

ACS Symposium Series

Stems from a symposium at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Discusses ways nanotechnology could revolutionize the agriculture and food industries.

Advances in Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture

Edited by Bosoon Park and Michael Appell

Description

Agricultural products influence most aspects of life, including food and feed,feedstocks for bio-based products, and everyday materials, such as fuels, textiles, and furniture. Advances in technology are necessary to address the future global needs from agriculture. Nanotechnology is a promising field focused on the unique chemical properties of materials with a dimension of 1-100 nm. Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize agricultural and food systems with various applications including food safety, quality, product traceability, better nutrient delivery systems, enhancing packaging performance, and improving agricultural and food processing. This volume of the ACS Symposium Series focuses on the unique challenges of applying nanotechnology to benefit the agriculture sector and the food industry. This book is based on a series of nanotechnology-related symposia sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry at spring ACS national meetings between 2009 and 2013. During this period tremendous progress was made on practical applications of nano-based technologies to address agricultural problems, including those in the areas of food safety, development of new value-added biomaterials, and nutraceutical/flavor delivery. This book initiated from the interest of symposium speakers to share their work with wider audiences. Fourteen chapters were selected and written for this special issue. The chapters were developed independently and are arranged according to topic. The authors are from a wide range of disciplines and include food scientists, chemists, engineers, biologists, medical researchers, and physicists. The goal of this book is to provide the perspectives of scientists working with nanotechnology to address agricultural problems. The research presented within this book was conducted in proper laboratory environments meeting facility, local, and national safety standards.

Advances in Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture

Edited by Bosoon Park and Michael Appell

ACS Symposium Series

Preface
1. Gold Nanotechnology for Targeted Detection and Killing of Multiple Drug
Resistant Bacteria from Food Samples
Paresh Chandra Ray, Sadia Afrin Khan, Zhen Fan, and Dulal Senapati
2. Nanocolloid Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Sensor for Biological Applications
Jaya Sundaram, Bosoon Park, and Yongkuk Kwon
3. AuNP-DNA Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar
Enteritidis
Evangelyn C. Alocilja, Deng Zhang, and Connie Shi
4. Nanoparticles and Biophotonics as Efficient Tools in Resonance Energy
Transfer-Based Biosensing for Monitoring Food Toxins and Pesticides
Munna S. Thakur, Rajeev Ranjan, Aaydha C. Vinayaka, Kunhitlu S. Abhijith, and
Richa Sharma
5. The Use of Silver Nanorod Array-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman
Scattering Sensor for Food Safety Applications
Xiaomeng Wu, Jing Chen, Bosoon Park, Yao-Wen Huang, and Yiping Zhao
6. Electrical Capture and Detection of Microbes Using Dielectrophoresis at
Nanoelectrode Arrays
Foram Ranjeet Madiyar, Lateef Uddin Syed, Prabhu Arumugam, and Jun Li
7. Food Toxin Detection with Atomic Force Microscope
Guojun Chen, Bosoon Park, and Bingqian Xu
8. Nanoliter/Picoliter Scale Fluidic Systems for Food Safety
Morgan Hamon, Omar A. Oyarzabal, and Jong Wook Hong
9. Applications of Nanoporous Materials in Agriculture
Michael Appell and Michael A. Jackson
10. Breaking up of Biofilms with Moringa oleifera: Insights into Mechanisms
Bishambar Dayal, Vineela Reddy Yannamreddy, Chandran Ragunath,
Narayanan Ramasubbu, Trinava Roy, Ritesh Amin, Swayam. P. Nirujogi, and
Michael A. Lea
11. Biochar: Sustainable and Versatile
Steven C. Peterson, Michael A. Jackson, and Michael Appell
12. Bioinspired Layered Nanoclays for Nutraceutical Delivery System
Soo-Jin Choi and Young-Rok Kim
13. Nano/Microencapsulation of Functional Ingredients and Drugs into
Biopolymer Matrices: A Study of Stability and Controlled Release
G. K. Kouassi, V. Gogineni, T. Ahmad, N. M. Gowda, M. S. Boley, and N. Koissi
14. Encapsulation of Flavor Compounds as Helical Inclusion Complexes of
Starch
K. Kasemwong and T. Itthisoponkul
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index

Advances in Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture

Edited by Bosoon Park and Michael Appell

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

Edited by Bosoon Park, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Michael Appell, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Bosoon Park and Michael Appell are affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture.