Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology in Food: Applicability, Functionality, and Safety—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Food safety is a main research hotspot in food science regarding human health and is currently a global public health concern. Contaminants in food, such as foodborne pathogenic micro-organisms, pesticides, veterinary drug residues, toxins, and illegal additives that are produced during food processing and preservation, threaten human health. Developing advanced techniques for the reliable detection and control of these food contaminants is thus very important for food safety.

The applications of nanomaterials and nanotechnology in food science and engineering have received increasing attention. Some typical applications include nanocatalyst-based electrochemical/colorimetric/fluorescent sensing platforms, nanocatalyst-based advanced oxidation processes, nanomaterial-embedded packaging films, nanomaterial-based active ingredient delivery platforms, nanozyme-based sensing platforms and sanitizers, nanomaterials for food sample pretreatment, and other novel electro-/photo-catalysis techniques in food science. Furthermore, training complex models based on artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks enables the prediction of intricate relationships and the execution of more complex tasks, which contributes to making decisions from complex or large datasets in food safety analysis.

Here, we cordially invite authors to contribute original research articles or review articles covering the most recent progress in the application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology in food, as well as food safety analytical methods based on traditional machine learning or deep learning approaches.

Dr. Qinzhi Wang
Dr. Ying Gu
Dr. Wenxin Zhu
Guest Editors

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• nanomaterials
• nanotechnology
• nanocatalysis
• foods
• food nutrition
• food micro-organisms
• artificial intelligence