Products and Their Commercialization

Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Sector: Implications for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 149-170

  Bugusu, Betty ^a   Lay Ma, Ursula Vanesa ^b   Floros, John D ^b  

^a Institute of Food Technologists   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Current market; Emerging market; Market strategy; Nanotechnology innovation; Nanotechnology research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887260969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527634798.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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