Vineet Kumar - Nanosensors for Environment, Food and Agriculture Vol. 1

Environmental chemistry is a fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media, and to new, low energy, low emission, sustainable processes. The topics that would be covered in this series, but not limited to, are major achievements of environmental chemistry for sustainable development such as nanotech applications; biofuels, solar and alternative energies; pollutants in air, water, soil and food; greenhouse gases; radioactive pollutants; endocrine disruptors and other pharmaceuticals; pollutant archives; ecotoxicology and health risk; pollutant remediation; geoengineering; green chemistry; contributions bridging unexpectedly far disciplines such as environmental chemistry and social sciences; and participatory research with end-users.

The books series will encompassOther disciplines include:Audience:Edited volumes: all scientific aspects of environmental chemistry through a multidisciplinary approach: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Pollution, general, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Analytical Chemistry. Agriculture, Building Types and Functions, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Ecotoxicology, Geochemistry, Nanochemistry, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Social Sciences. The aim of the series is to publish 2 to 4 book per year. Academic/Corporate/Hospital Libraries, Practitioners / Professionals, Scientists / Researchers, Lecturers/Tutors, Graduates, Type of books (edited volumes, monographs, proceedings, textbooks, etc.). List of subject areas the series will cover: Analytical chemistry, novel methods Biofuels, alternative energies Biogeochemistry Carbon cycle and sequestration Climate change, greenhouse gases Ecotoxicology and risk assessment Environmental chemistry and the society Genomics and environmental chemistry Geoengineering Green chemistry Health and environmental chemistry Internet and environmental chemistry Nanotechnologies Novel concepts in environmental chemistry Organic pollutants, endocrine disrupters Participatory research with end-users Pesticides Pollution of water, soils, air and food Radioactive pollutants Remediation technologies Waste treatment and recycling Toxic metals

Environmental Chemistry

http://www.springer.com/978-3-540-22860-8

Organic Contaminants in Riverine and Groundwater Systems

http://www.springer.com/978-3-540-31169-0

Sustainable Agriculture

Volume 1: http://www.springer.com/978-90-481-2665-1

Volume 2: http://www.springer.com/978-94-007-0393-3

Book series

Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World

http://www.springer.com/series/11480

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

http://www.springer.com/series/8380

Journal

Environmental Chemistry Letters

http://www.springer.com/10311

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Food security is a major issue for human health in the context of climate change, global pollution, and rising population. In particular, the identification of contaminated food should improve food quality, yet classical analytical techniques are limited. This challenge has been solved by the recent development of nanosensors for food and the environment. Nanosensors enable ultrasensitive detection of multiple contaminants . Nanosensors are very specific because they are designed to bind selectively with some contaminants . Here, functional or biological recognition of the contaminant triggers an electric signal, which is converted into a readable computer graphic. This book gathers recent advances in the development of nanosensors for food, agriculture , and the environment . Nanosensors for the detection of heavy metals are reviewed in Chaps. ), and discuss the use of green composites, for example, cellulose and proteins.