Sustainable Green Nanotechnology

Yugal Kishore Mohanta is now working as Assistant Professor and Group Leader of Nano-biotechnology and Translational Knowledge Laboratory (NanoBioTraK_Lab) in the Department of Applied Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), Meghalaya, India. Ishani Chakrabartty is working as a medical writer at Indegene Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, India. She has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), Meghalaya, India. She earned her PhD from the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, India. She is a regular columnist in The Assam Tribune. Saravanan Muthupandian is currently working as a Professor and Group Leader of the AMR and Nanomedicine Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, SIMATS, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and Prince Fahad bin Sultan Chair for Biomedical Research, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Chapter 1 Green Nanomaterials: Why Are They Important?

Nikhat Farhana and Khalid Rehman Hakeem

Chapter 2 Current Trends in Green Nanotechnology: Recent Advances, Sustainable Future Prospects

Shubneesh Kumar, Ekta Sirohi, Aakash Upadhyay, Sumel Ashique, Subhra Prakash Bhattacharyya, Indrani bhattacharyya, Neeraj Mishra, Arshad Farid, Afzal Hussain, Ashish Garg, and Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary

Chapter 3 Are Biogenic Nanomaterials Biocompatible?

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, Vinicius Marx Silva Delgado, Christopher Santos Silva, Geicielly da Costa Pinto, and Flávia Cristina Policarpo Tonelli

Chapter 4 Nanostructure in Foods

Rafael Audino Zambelli and Luciana Gama de Mendonça

Chapter 5 Conducting Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Sensors and Their Applications in Food Contaminant Detection: A Review

Archana Deka and Moon Mandal

Chapter 6 Cellulose-Based Nanomaterials Solving the Food Crisis

Ajaz Ahmad Dar, Akhtar Hussain Malik, Arif Hassan Dar, Mohd Azhardin Ganayee, and Adil Majeed Rather

Chapter 7 Occurrence, Application, and Acceptance of Nanomaterials in Food

Barasa Malakar, Sweety Das, and Mousham Talukdar

Chapter 8 Global Hunger: The Need for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

Tarun Sharma, Rachid Mrabet, Akashdeep Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Devanshi Baghla, Sachin Kumar, Bharat Bhushan Rana, and Garima Chauhan

Chapter 9 Cultivation and Conservation of Crops: Perspective for Agriculture through Nanotechnology

Lakshmayya NSV, Chandan Kumar Gautam, Kiran Yellappa Vajanthri, B Sumithra, Sanjeeb Kumar Mandal, Amilia Nongbet, Jibanjyoti Panda, and Bishwambhar Mishra

Chapter 10 Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

Garima Chauhan, Juliana Espindola, Sehijpreet Kaur, Akashdeep Singh, Nitesh Kumar, Bharat Bhushan Rana, and Tarun Sharma

Chapter 11 Recent Advancements in Nanotechnology-Based Crop Management: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

Vishwa Jyoti Baruah, Saima Masood Wani, Aabid Hussain, Manny Saluja, and Bhaswati Sarmah

Chapter 12 Nanosensors in the Food Industry and Agriculture

Madhusudan B. Kulkarni, Reddicherla Umapathi, Narasimha H. Ayachit, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, and Brian W. Pogue

Chapter 13 Nanotechnology-Enabled Food Packaging and Its Antimicrobial Potential

Subhankar Das, Manjula Ishwara Kalyani, Yugal Kishore Mohanta, and Majid Sharifi-Rad

Chapter 14 Nano Seed Priming: A Sustainable and Innovative Technology for Seed Quality Enhancement

Bhaswati Sarmah, Meghali Barua, Mira Landep Widiastuti, and Vishwa Jyoti Baruah

Chapter 15 Nanoscale Freshness Indicators

Koluri Vani Manorama, Neha, N. Kaveri, Bambang Kuswand, Yun-Wang, and Timothy V. Duncan

Chapter 16 Decoding of Nanonutraceuticals and Their Delivery: A Modern Therapeutics in Healthcare

Amol D. Gholap, Navnath T. Hatvate, Pankaj R. Khuspe, Trushali A. Mandhare, Pooja Kashid, and Lalitkumar K Vora

Chapter 17 Nanoemulsions for Fat Reduction

Vanga Sri Varsha, Tanmayi Boreda, Sanjana Reddy Pailla, Kiran Yellappa Vajanthri, Bhushan Vishal, Yashasvi Kambhampati, T Gourav, and Bishwambhar Mishra