Advanced Materials for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Safety

The book is written for a large and broad readership including researches and university graduate students from diverse backgrounds such as environmental sciences and safety, food science, agriculture, materials science, chemistry, physics, and nanotechnology. Contents: Part 1: Fundamental Methodologies 1 1 Layered Double Hydroxides and the Environment: An Overview 3 2 Improvement of the Corrosion Resistance of Aluminium Alloys Applying Different Types of Silanes 27 3 New Generation Material for the Removal of Arsenic from Water 61 4 Prediction and Optimization of Heavy Clay Products Quality 87 5 Enhancement of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Sugar Palm Fibre via Vacuum Resin Impregnation 121 6 Environmentally-Friendly Acrylates-Based Polymer Latices 145 Part 2: Inventive Nanotechnology 177 7 Nanoparticles for Trace Analysis of Toxins: Present and Future Scenario 179 8 Recent Developments in Gold Nanomaterial Catalysts for Oxidation Reaction through Green and 9 Nanosized Metal Oxide-Based Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Removal: A Review 243 10 Future Prospects of Phytosynthesized Transition Metal Nanoparticles as Novel Functional Agents for Textiles 265 11 Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solutions: Kinetics and Equilibrium Modeling 291 12 Potential Application of Nanoparticles as Antipathogens 333 13 Gas Barrier Properties of Biopolymer-Based Nanocomposites: Application in Food Packaging 369 14 Application of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles for Environmental Clean Up 385 15 Typical Synthesis and Environmental Application of Novel TiO2 Nanoparticles 421 16 Zinc Oxide Nanowire Films: Solution Growth, Defect States and Electrical Conductivity 453