Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agri-food and Ecosystems

Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agrifood and Ecosystems shows how hybrid nanomaterials (HNMs) are being used to enhance agriculture, food and environmental science. The book discusses the synthesis and characterization of HNMs before exploring agrifoods and environmental functions. It shows how novel HNMs are being used for the detection and separation of heavy metal ions, for destroying and sensing of insecticides, in managed release fertilizer and pesticide formulations, plant protection, plant promotions, purification, detection, and to control mycotoxins. Further, the book describes the use of silica-based total nanosystems, carbon nanotubes, nanocellulose-based, and polymer nanohybrids for agricultural and biological applications.

This book is an important reference source for materials scientists, engineers and food scientists who want to gain a greater understanding on how multifunctional nanomaterials are being used for a range of agricultural and environmental applications.

Outlines the major nanomaterial types that are being used in agricultureExplains why the properties of multifunctional nanomaterials are particularly efficient for use in agricultureAssesses the major challenges of using multifunctional nanomaterials on an industrial scale

1. Multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for sustainable agri-food and ecosystems: A note from the editor
2. Core-shell hybrid nanoparticles: Production and application in agriculture and the environment
3. Hybrid inorganic-polymer nanocomposites: Synthesis, characterization, and plantprotection applications
4. Preparation of nanocomposites from agricultural waste and their versatile applications
5. Novel nanocomposite-based controlled-release fertilizer and pesticide formulations: Prospects and challenges
6. Nanomaterials for gene delivery and editing in plants: Challenges and future perspectives
7. Hybrid nanomaterials for water purification
8. Multifunctional copper polymer-based nanocomposite for environmental and agricultural applications
9. Hybrid nanomaterials as chemical sensors
10. Degradation, removal, and detection of pesticides using nanocomposites
11. Nanocomposites: New trends for sensing and controlled release of herbicides
12. Hybrid nanomaterials for detection, detoxification, and management mycotoxins
13. Mono and hybrid nanomaterials: Novel strategies to manage postharvest diseases
14. Prospects of hybrid nanomaterials in plant growth promotion
15. Metal-carbon-polymer-based hybrid materials for the detection of heavy metal ions
16. Chitosan-based nanosystems: Exploitation in the agri-food sector
17. Chitosan nanocomposites for food packaging applications
18. Silica-based nanosystems: Their role in sustainable agriculture
19. Recent progress in cellulose-based smart nanocrystals by agricultural resources
20. Nanocellulose-based polymer nanohybrids and nanocomposite applications
21. Carbon nanotube-based nanohybrids for agricultural and biological applications
22. Naturally derived 3D printed hydrogel scaffolds for agroecosystem and biomedical applications
23. Nanocomposites for electrochemical detection of environmental pollutants
24. Nanomaterials and nanocomposite applications in veterinary medicine
25. Bimetallic nanoparticles: Green synthesis, applications, and future perspectives